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covetingadjective having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessionscast a coveting glance at her friend's diamond necklace acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, mercenary, moneygrubbing, rapacious commercialistic, materialistic, philistinedesirous, eager, itchy, lickerish, miserlyhoggish, piggish, piggy, swinishdevouring, gluttonous, gobbling, insatiable, ravenous, unquenchable, voraciousegocentric, egoistic(also egoistical), egotistic(or egotistical), self-centered, self-seekingdiscontent, discontented, malcontent, unsatisfiedbegrudging, grudging, resentful nonmaterialisticaltruistic, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, greathearted, handsome, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, openhearted, selfless, unselfish, unsparingcontrolled, moderate, restrained, temperatecontent, sated, satisfied covetingverbpresent participle of covetto have an earnest wish to own or enjoyI've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now aching (for), craving, desiderating, desiring, dying (for), hankering (for or after), hungering (for), itching (for), jonesing (for)(slang), longing (for), lusting (for or after), panting (after), pining (for), repining (for), salivating (for), sighing (for), thirsting (for), wanting, wishing (for), yearning (for), yenning (for) spoiling (for)adoring, delighting (in), digging, enjoying, fancying, grooving (on), liking, loving, relishing, reveling (in)(or revelling (in))favoring, preferringadmiring, appreciating, cherishing, prizing, treasuring, valuing setting one's heart on abhorring, abominating, despising, detesting, execrating, hating, loathingdeclining, refusing, rejecting, spurning |