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covetous a. 妄羨的,亂要的,貪婪的 妄羨的,亂要的,貪婪的 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" [ synonym: { 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" [ synonym: { avaricious}, { covetous}, { 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] 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
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