covetous

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• 22. april 2013 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

  covetous — tillægsord — engelsk

  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"

• 23. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

  covetous — tillægsord — engelsk

  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"