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covetous
(encz) | covetous,chamtivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
covetous
(encz) | covetous,prahnoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
covetous
(encz) | covetous,žádostivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Covetous
(gcide) | Covetous \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F.
convoiteux. See Covet, v. t.]
1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
[Archaic]
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Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. --Shak.
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Covetous death bereaved us all,
To aggrandize one funeral. --Emerson.
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2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and
possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
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The covetous person lives as if the world were
madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.
--South.
Syn: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly.
See Avaricious.
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covetous
(wn) | covetous
adj 1: 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" [syn: covetous,
envious, jealous]
2: 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" [syn: avaricious, covetous,
grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile] |
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covetously
(encz) | covetously, |
covetousness
(encz) | covetousness,dychtivost Jaroslav Šedivýcovetousness,žádostivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Covetous
(gcide) | Covetous \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F.
convoiteux. See Covet, v. t.]
1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
[Archaic]
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Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. --Shak.
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Covetous death bereaved us all,
To aggrandize one funeral. --Emerson.
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2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and
possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
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The covetous person lives as if the world were
madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.
--South.
Syn: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly.
See Avaricious.
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Covetously
(gcide) | Covetously \Cov"et*ous*ly\, adv.
In a covetous manner.
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Covetousness
(gcide) | Covetousness \Cov"et*ous*ness\, n.
1. Strong desire. [R.]
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When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness.
--Shak.
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2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing
some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money;
-- in a bad sense.
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Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess
itself of the true end of getting. --Sprat.
Syn: Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
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covetously
(wn) | covetously
adv 1: with jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his
friend's new car jealously" [syn: enviously,
covetously, jealously]
2: in a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously,
greedily] |
covetousness
(wn) | covetousness
n 1: an envious eagerness to possess something
2: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice,
avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity]
3: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice,
greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia] |
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