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COVETOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Example:
prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
Synonyms:
avaricious; covetous; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile
Classified under:
Similar:
acquisitive (eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas)
Derivation:
covetousness (reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
Example:
envious of their art collection
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
desirous; wishful (having or expressing desire for something)
Derivation:
covetousness (extreme greed for material wealth)
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