covetous

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

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”Synonyms: envious jealous
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”Synonyms: avaricious 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]