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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages;
- Example: "he was never covetous before he met her"
- Example: "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"
- Example: "envious of their art collection"
[syn: covetous, envious, jealous]

2. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;
- Example: "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"
- Example: "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"
- Example: "a grasping old miser"
- Example: "grasping commercialism"
- Example: "greedy for money and power"
- Example: "grew richer and greedier"
- Example: "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
[syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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