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covetous a. 妄羡的,乱要的,贪婪的 妄羡的,乱要的,贪婪的 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" [synonym: {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" [synonym: {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. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster] 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
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