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View synonyms for covetous
covetous
/ ˈkʌvɪtəs /
adjective
- usually postpositiveand foll byof jealously eager for the possession of something (esp the property of another person)
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Derived Forms
- ˈcovetousness, noun
- ˈcovetously, adverb
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Other Words From
- cov·et·ous·ly adverb
- cov·et·ous·ness noun
- non·cov·et·ous adjective
- non·cov·et·ous·ly adverb
- o·ver·cov·et·ous adjective
- o·ver·cov·et·ous·ly adverb
- un·cov·et·ous adjective
- un·cov·et·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Synonym Study
See avaricious.
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Example Sentences
Designer Tomas Maier presented a collection that was rich, sophisticated, and covetous.
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Your covetous wish that you and your daughter should reign at Hartledon is on the point of being gratified.
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Portland, though strictly honest, was covetous; Albemarle was generous.
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And Mme. Duvernoy began to turn it over, as it lay on the mantel-piece, looking at it with covetous eyes.
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Orford was covetous and unprincipled; but he had great professional skill and knowledge, great industry, and a strong will.
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For Demades was covetous and gredie of money, and indeed the lyons are more gentle when their bealyes are well filled.'
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