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English to English adjective
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Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | | Example: he was never covetous before he met her
jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
envious of their art collection
source: wordnet30
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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