covetous
/ˈkʌvətəs/
covetous adjective: distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
Adjective
covetous (comparative more covetous, superlative most covetous)
- Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
- The couaitous deſyre of riche men is euer vnſaciable. It always raueneth and neuer is ſatisfied.1545 July 12 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Elyot, A Preseruatiue agaynste Deth, London: […] Thomas Berthelet, […], →OCLC, signature [B.vi.], recto
- Intimate as she was with Lady Anne, she would not but see how little the Misses Granard had of the ordinary pleasures of their age—but it never entered into her head to add to them—had one of their sweet faces been seen in her box at the opera, it might have attracted that attention she was...1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- acquisitive, avaricious, cormorant, edacious, esurient, grasping, greedy, miserable, piggish, miserly
covetous meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
covetous in Hindi
- distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious
- लालची lālcī, लोभी lobhī
covetous in Urdu
- بےتاب, حریص, لالچی, طامع
covetous in Telugu
- a covetous, avaricious man
- దురాశపరుడు durāśaparuḍu
- covetous, cupidinous
- లోలుపము lōlupamu
covetous in Malayalam
- covetous
- ലുബ്ധൻ lubdhaṉ
More languagesFewer languages
- covetous in Kannada
- ಲಂಪಟಾ, ಲಂಪಟೆ
- covetous in Odia
- ଚଞ୍ଚଳ cañcaḷa
- covetous in Sanskrit
- लोभिन् lobhin
- covetous in Arabic
- طَمَّاع ṭammāʕ, حَسُود ḥasūd, مُشْتَهٍ muštahin, شَرِه šarih
- covetous in Persian
- حریص haris
Synonyms of covetous
Forms of covetous
| comparative | more covetous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most covetous |
Origin of covetous
From Middle English coveitous, from Anglo-Norman *cuveitus, from Medieval Latin as if *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas (“desire”); see covet.
Words formed from covetous
Questions about covetous
- What does covetous mean?
- Covetous means distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
- What is covetous in Hindi?
- Covetous in Hindi is लालची (lālcī), लोभी (lobhī). See Covetous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is covetous?
- Covetous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce covetous?
- Covetous is pronounced /ˈkʌvətəs/.
Words near covetous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: covetous (page history and authors); covetous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); దురాశపరుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ലുബ്ധൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); covetous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଚଞ୍ଚଳ (Odia) (page history and authors); लोभिन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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