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covetous

/'kəvɪtəs/

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adjective
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
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"he was never covetous before he met her" "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"

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envious jealous desirous wishful
adjective
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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"casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"

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avaricious grabby grasping greedy prehensile acquisitive

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