covetous, adj.
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
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avaricious covetous grabby grasping greedy prehensile
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"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"
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showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
covetous envious jealous
sample sentences
"he was never covetous before he met her""jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"
"envious of their art collection"
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