What is the meaning of covetous?

adjective

  • Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.
    • usage: "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
  • Immoderately desirous of acquiring e. G. Wealth.
    • usage: "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"
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