Associations to the word «Covetous»
Noun
- Cruel
- Sancho
- Envy
- Lust
- Ogre
- Wealth
- Counsellor
- Desire
- Mean
- Bounty
- Wherefore
- Curate
- Disposition
- Quixote
- Affection
- Glance
- Rich
- Ambition
- Sorrow
- Wretch
- Treasure
- Strife
- Inheritance
- Wrath
- Passion
- Virtue
- Jewel
- Theft
- Severity
- Folly
- Ignorance
- Inclination
- Temper
- Fortune
- Possession
- Gain
- Sin
- Eye
- Steal
- Money
- Liberal
- Idol
- Beauty
- Anger
- Prosperity
- Pleasure
- Him
- Wit
- Cart
- Praise
- Neighbor
- Glory
- Dominion
- Hatred
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
COVETOUS, adjective. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious.
Dictionary definition
COVETOUS, adjective. 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".
COVETOUS, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.