Definitions for Covetous
ˈkʌv ɪ təscov·etous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. covetous, envious, jealousadjective

   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. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensileadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. covetousadjective

   Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious;

2. Etymology: From coveitous, from *, from as if *, from cupiditas; see covet.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Covetousadjective

   Etymology: convoiteux, French.

   1. Inordinately desirous.

   While cumber’d with my dropping cloaths I lay,
   The cruel nation, covetous of prey,
   Stain’d with my blood the unhospitable coast. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. Inordinately eager of money; avaricious.

   An heart they have exercised with covetous practices. 2 Pet. ii. 14.

   What he cannot help in his nature, you must not account a vice in him: you must in no ways say he is covetous. William Shakespeare.

   Let never so much probability hang on one side of a covetous man’s reasoning, and money on the other, it is easy to foresee which will outweigh. John Locke.

   3. Desirous; eager: in a good sense.

   Sheba was never
   More covetous of wisdom and fair virtue,
   Than this fair soul shall be. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   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 polluted. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of Living Holy.

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1. covetous

   Covetous refers to an intense desire to possess something that someone else has. It usually implies a strong, overwhelming sense of greed or envy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Covetousverb

   very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense

2. Covetousverb

   inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Covetous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Covetous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Covetous in a Sentence

1. Sir Thomas Browne:

   Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.

2. Horace:

   The covetous man is ever in want.

3. Ben Jonson:

   The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.

4. Francis Bacon:

   If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.

5. Mary Peltola:

   We are very much covetous of our freedoms and our privacy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Covetous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Covetous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Covetous
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Covetous