Associations to the word «Coveted»

Wiktionary

COVET, verb. (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
COVET, verb. (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
COVET, verb. (intransitive) To yearn, have or indulge inordinate desire, notably for another's possession.

Dictionary definition

COVET, verb. Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne