Definition
- covetous :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
- covetous :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
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