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covetousadjective having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessionsone aggressive bargain hunter rushed to make a covetous grab for the last marked-down TV acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, 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 having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantagesa covetous child who must destroy what he cannot have envious, green-eyed, invidious, jaundiced, jealous, resentful begrudging, grudgingavaricious, grasping, greedy, rapaciousdistrustful, suspiciousmalicious, petty, spiteful eating one's heart out, green with envy unenvious generous, kind, kindheartedaltruistic, benevolent, charitablewell-meaning covetous, greedy, acquisitive, grasping, avaricious mean having or showing a strong desire for especially material possessions.covetous implies inordinate desire often for another's possessions.covetous of his brother's country estate greedy stresses lack of restraint and often of discrimination in desire.greedy for status symbols acquisitive implies both eagerness to possess and ability to acquire and keep.an eagerly acquisitive mind grasping adds to covetous and greedy an implication of selfishness and often suggests unfair or ruthless means.a hard grasping trader who cheated the natives avaricious implies obsessive acquisitiveness especially of money and strongly suggests stinginess.an avaricious miser in the 13th century |