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Meaning of covetous


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]


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