| a. | 1. | Very desirous; eager to obtain; - used in a good sense. |
| 2. | Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; - in a bad sense. |
| Adj. | 1. | covetous - showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection" |
| 2. | covetous - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "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" |