covetous, greedy, acquisitive, grasping, avaricious mean having or showing a strong desire for especially material possessions. covetous implies inordinate desire often for another's possessions.

COVETOUS definition: 1. wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else: 2…. Learn more.

COVETOUS definition: inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy. See examples of covetous used in a sentence.

Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a strong or immoderate desire for the possessions of another: "At least three European empires had extended covetous gazes toward the Pacific Northwest" …

A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.

Definition of covetous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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covetous, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

He that is envious or angry at a virtue that is not his own, at the perfection or excellency of his neighbour, is not covetous of the virtue, but of its reward and reputation, and then his intentions are …

To be covetous of something is to want it and to be a little jealous of anyone who has it. The advertising industry’s goal is to make you covetous of the things that other people have — that way, you'll buy …