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adjective
- 1. having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else: "she fingered the linen with covetous hands"
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The meaning of COVETOUS is marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions. How to use covetous in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Covetous.
COVETOUS definition: 1. wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else: 2…. Learn more.
COVETOUS meaning: 1. wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else: 2…. Learn more.
A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person. [ formal , disapproval ] He has attracted covetous glances from England's biggest clubs.
To be covetous of something is to want it and to be a little jealous of anyone who has it. The advertising industry’s goal is to make you covetous of the things that other people have — that way, you'll buy them.
Covetous definition: inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy. . See examples of COVETOUS used in a sentence.
verb. cov· et ˈkə-vət. coveted; coveting; covets. Synonyms of covet. transitive verb. 1. : to wish for earnestly. covet an award. 2. : to desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably. The king's brother coveted the throne. intransitive verb. : to feel inordinate desire for what belongs to another. covetable. ˈkə-və-tə-bəl. adjective.
Define covetous. covetous synonyms, covetous pronunciation, covetous translation, English dictionary definition of covetous. adj. Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a strong or immoderate desire for the possessions of another: "At least three European empires had extended...
Definition of covetous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Covetous definition: Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a strong or immoderate desire for the possessions of another.
