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Meanings of covetous in anglès

Excessively desirous of money, wealth or possessions.

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      Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.

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            Examples for "jealous"
            Examples for "jealous"
            1
            ANSWER: It's understandable that you feel sad and jealous in this situation.
            News.com.au
            2
            The rollicking new number 'Party Boy' with its jealous and threatening sentiments.
            Radio NZ
            3
            Simon thought him jealous; he'd always called Alaythia too vital for combat.
            Samurai
            4
            But governments are especially jealous of their legal sovereignty in this area.
            The Irish Times
            5
            She is jealous of us; and jealousy forbids the idea of friendship.
            Lands of the Slave and the Free; Or, Cuba, the United States, an...
            1
            It is difficult to know whether to sympathise or simply be envious.
            The Irish Times
            2
            She was well aware of the envious looks of several young women.
            The Valley of Horses
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            I was envious of my Coast relations who spoke Māori, she said.
            Radio NZ
            4
            The compartment, illustrating the eternal trouble of the envious has this inscription:
            Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
            5
            The envious detractors of Abélard rejoice in his weakness and his humiliation.
            Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
            Usage of covetous in anglès
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            The major powers are covetous of top jobs at the United Nations.
            Reuters
            2
            The covetous prodigal is of all others the worst man in society.
            Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer
            3
            It is a covetous grasping, a recognition that the other is indispensable.
            The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book
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            In all this there is nothing of a self-seeking or covetous kind.
            An Inquiry into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetu...
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            The duty not to contrive through a covetous heart to despoil another.
            The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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            Crestfallen and out of temper, the covetous band returned to their homes.
            Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
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            Lincoln rebuked one of these covetous vexers by saying gravely to him:
            The Lincoln Story Book / A Judicious Collection of the Best Stor...
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            The Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things and derided Him.
            The Gospel of Luke for Readers
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            Who so is covetous let him know that his heart is poor.
            In Luck at Last
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            He was covetous, and never missed an opportunity of overreaching his neighbour.
            Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
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            Any restraint on sinful impulse or covetous desire is laughed to scorn.
            The Red Conspiracy
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            At this, Macko being covetous for land and serfs, began to fancy:
            The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
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            She was also by nature very covetous, and stuck at no wickedness.
            Antiquities of the Jews
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            To the end she is the same,-utterlyfalse, selfish, covetous, and successful.
            Thackeray
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            This bride was a canting hypocrite of sixty-three, covetous, and a termagant.
            The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2
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            Thou knowest C- ,ofthe Convention,-hehas power, and he is covetous.
            Zanoni
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