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1. (adj.) covetous
inordinately desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
2. covetous
eagerly desirous.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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1. (adj) covetous, envious, jealous
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"
2. (adj) avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
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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1. (verb) covetous
very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense
2. (verb) covetous
inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense
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Sense: to desire or wish for eagerly (especially something belonging to someone else)
I coveted her fur coat.
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 Afrikaans: begeerlik |
 Arabic: طَمّـاع، مُشَتـهِ |
 Bulgarian: алчен |
 Brazilian: cobiçoso |
 Czech: prahnoucí; chamtivý |
 German: begehrlich |
 Danish: begærlig; grisk |
 Greek: ζηλόφθονος |
 Spanish: codicioso |
 Estonian: himustav |
 Farsi: آزمند؛ خواستار |
 Finnish: himoitseva |
 French: avide |
 Hebrew: חוֹמֵד |
 Hindi: लालच |
 Croatian: željen, žuđen |
 Hungarian: mohó |
 Indonesian: iri |
 Icelandic: ágjarn |
 Italian: avido |
 Japanese: 欲張りの |
 Korean: 탐내는 |
 Lithuanian: godus, pavydus |
 Latvian: alkatīgs |
 Malay: menginginkan |
 Dutch: begerig |
 Norwegian: begjærlig, grådig |
 Polish: pożądliwy |
 Persian: آزمند؛ خواستار |
 Pashto: غوښتونکی |
 Portuguese: cobiçoso |
 Romanian: invidios; avid |
 Russian: алчный |
 Slovak: chamtivý |
 Slovenian: pohlepen |
 Serbian: pohlepan |
 Swedish: lysten, girig efter |
 Thai: ที่มีความอยากได้ |
 Turkish: imrenen, gıpta eden |
 Taiwanese: 垂涎的 |
 Ukrainian: жадібний; заздрісний |
 Urdu: لالچی، حریص |
 Vietnamese: thèm thuồng |
 Chinese: 贪婪的 |
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