Coveted - English meaning

Coveted – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Greatly desired or envied.
Usage examples:
I gave up a coveted job, that of editor-in-chief

verb
Yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another).
Usage examples:
I covet one of their smart bags
Synonims:
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Coveted translation into English

Coveted: translate from English into Chinese

令人垂涎的

Coveted: translate from English into Dutch

Begeerde

Coveted: translate from English into French

Convoité

Coveted: translate from English into German

Begehrt

Coveted: translate from English into Hindi

प्रतिष्ठित

Coveted: translate from English into Italian

Ambito

Coveted: translate from English into Korean

탐내는

Coveted: translate from English into Russian

Желанный

Coveted: translate from English into Spanish

Codiciado

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French cuveitier, based on Latin cupiditas (see cupidity).

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Coveted – similar words

covetable

adjective
Used to refer to something that people want to have

Covetable - all meanings in English

covet

verb
Yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another).
Usage examples:
I covet one of their smart bags

noun
Wish, long, or crave for

verb
To want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else
Usage examples:
She always coveted power but never quite achieved it., the booker prize is the most coveted british…

Covet - all meanings in English

Coveted synonims

crave

verb
Feel a powerful desire for (something).
Usage examples:
If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

verb
To desire something strongly
Usage examples:
The neglected kids just crave attention.

Crave - all meanings in English

desire

noun
A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.
Usage examples:
He resisted public desires for choice in education

verb
Strongly wish for or want (something).
Usage examples:
He never achieved the status he so desired

noun
A strong feeling of wanting something, or something you want
Usage examples:
[ u ] he claims to have no desire for wealth., [ c ] she expressed a desire to speak with her attor…

Desire - all meanings in English

fancy

adjective
Elaborate in structure or decoration.
Usage examples:
The furniture was very fancy

verb
Feel a desire or liking for.
Usage examples:
Do you fancy a drink?

noun
A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.
Usage examples:
This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

Fancy - all meanings in English

hanker after

phrasal verb
To have a strong wish for something, especially if you cannot or should not have it
Usage examples:
What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?, even after all these years, i still hanker…

Hanker after - all meanings in English

hanker for

phrasal verb
To have a strong wish for something, especially if you cannot or should not have it
Usage examples:
What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?, even after all these years, i still hanker…

Hanker for - all meanings in English

want

verb
Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.
Usage examples:
I want an apple

noun
A lack or deficiency of something.
Usage examples:
Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

Want - all meanings in English

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