covetous

covetous
    adj 1: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's
           advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her";
           "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions";
           "envious of their art collection" [syn: {covetous},
           {envious}, {jealous}]
    2: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
       avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous
       eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser";
       "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew
       richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with
       raises for their employees" [syn: {avaricious}, {covetous},
       {grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}, {prehensile}]
    

Covetous \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F.
   convoiteux. See {Covet}, v. t.]
   1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
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            Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue.   --Shak.
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            Covetous death bereaved us all,
            To aggrandize one funeral.            --Emerson.
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   2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and
      possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
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            The covetous person lives as if the world were
            madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.
                                                  --South.

   Syn: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly.
        See {Avaricious}.
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31 Moby Thesaurus words for "covetous":
      acquisitive, assembly, avid, band, bevy, bunch, cluster, covey,
      crew, desirous, eager, envious, esurient, gluttonous, grabby,
      grasping, greedy, grudging, hoggish, itchy, jealous, keen,
      lickerish, party, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous,
      selfish, swinish, voracious