The meaning of Covetous

adjective

Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.

Usage examples:

We live in a competitive and acquisitive society

adjective

Used to describe a person or company that buys other companies

Usage examples:

It has been one of the most acquisitive firms in recent times, buying over a dozen businesses in th…

verb

Envy (someone) the possession or enjoyment of (something).

Usage examples:

She begrudged martin his affluence

adjective

Given reluctantly or resentfully.

Usage examples:

Begrudging admiration from a rival

adjective

Given or done unwillingly

Usage examples:

The concert attracted begrudging praise from the band's usually hostile critics.

adjective

Having or characterized by desire.

Usage examples:

The pope was desirous of peace in europe

adjective

Wanting something

Usage examples:

The duke is desirous of meeting you.

adjective

Feeling or showing envy.

Usage examples:

I'm envious of their happiness

Painfully desirous of another's advantages

adjective

Wanting something another person has

Usage examples:

I’m envious of people that have those big boats.

adjective

Having or showing a selfish desire for something; greedy.

Usage examples:

Don't be so grabby—i was here before you

adjective

Trying to take things for yourself

Usage examples:

Don't be so grabby, shirley. let the others have their share., a comedy about a pair of grabby oppo…

adjective

Avaricious; greedy.

Usage examples:

They were regarded as grasping landlords

verb

Seize and hold firmly.

Usage examples:

She grasped the bottle

adjective

Always eager to get more of something, esp. money

Usage examples:

He’s a grasping, insensitive executive.

adjective

Having an excessive desire or appetite for food.

Usage examples:

He's scoffed the lot, the greedy pig

adjective

Wanting a lot more food, money, etc. than you need

Usage examples:

Greedy, selfish people, he's greedy for power/success., they tested the algorithm against the so-ca…

adjective

Of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds.

Usage examples:

Her flashing green eyes

noun

Green colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Major roads are marked in green

verb

Make or become green in colour.

Usage examples:

The roof was greening with lichen

adjective

Given or allowed only reluctantly or resentfully.

Usage examples:

A grudging apology

verb

Be resentfully unwilling to give or allow (something).

Usage examples:

He grudged the work and time that the meeting involved

adjective

(of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy.

Usage examples:

An insatiable hunger for success

adjective

(of a desire or need) too great to be satisfied

Usage examples:

An insatiable appetite, insatiable curiosity

adjective

Feeling or showing an envious resentment of someone or their achievements, possessions, or perceived advantages.

Usage examples:

She was always jealous of me

adjective

Demanding someone's total attention and love.

Usage examples:

Has he become jealous or possessive?

noun

A possessive word or form.

Usage examples:

Prenominal possessives (john's car, my hat) normally function as definite expressions.

adjective

Aggressively greedy or grasping.

Usage examples:

Rapacious landlords

adjective

(of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.

Usage examples:

I joined them for selfish reasons

adjective

Caring only about what you want or need without any thought for the needs or wishes of other people

Usage examples:

Am i being selfish to want more?

noun

A feeling of intense longing for something.

Usage examples:

He felt a yearning for the mountains

adjective

Involving or expressing yearning.

Usage examples:

A yearning hope

verb

Have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.

Usage examples:

She yearned for a glimpse of him