covetous
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˈkʌvɪtəs/
:
codicioso
- His covetous nature often led him to envy his friends' possessions.
- covetous glance
- covetous eye
- covetous old sinner
And they're covetous and they're jealous and they're envious.
- And they're covetous and they're jealous and they're envious.
- Again, a covetous man shall not be satisfied with riches.
- They're jealous and covetous of what other people have and you're being recognized or succeeding.
- I keep your shape Apple, your leaves get covetous of high country blue catalpa.
Examples
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Red Eye: If someone is labeled "red eye" it means that they are covetous and usually want what another person has.
Blog text (20) -
Again, a covetous man shall not be satisfied with riches.
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Not to be covetous, not to desire more is actually to be rich.
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"C.R. was becoming more covetous of his sleep in his old age.
Fiction book (2000) -
Being covetous of the other bone and reaching for it, the dog loses the bone he had.
Academic text (1999) -
There is a look in his eyes: covetous, ambitious, and secretive.
Fiction book (1996) -
The reality is many wealthy countries, as in all countries, contain people who are envious and covetous, desiring other people's wealth.
Blog text (2) -
Erin cast a covetous glance at her friend's hair, then stubbed out her cigarette and flicked the butt away.
Fiction book (2001) -
Japan, persisting in its three-year-old aggression in China, seemed now to cast a covetous eye on orphaned French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies.
Academic text (1991) -
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.
Blog text (15)
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling unhappy because someone has something or success you want
256
1.4
Wanting more food, money, or things than needed
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2.4
Feeling unhappy because you want what someone else has
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3.8
Wanting to keep people or things only for yourself and not share them
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9.3
Very greedy for money and willing to take things from others
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8.1
Wanting a lot of money or things and not willing to share
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9.2
Always wants more money and is never satisfied
2
7.9
To want to get and keep many things, often things you can buy
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8.2
Wanting to get more money or things in a selfish way
Wanting a lot of money or pleasure
Wanting very much to get money or things
How Covetous
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Etymology
The word covetous comes from the verb covet, which means 'to want something very much', usually something that belongs to someone else. So to be covetous is to feel a strong, often selfish, desire to have what another person has.