covetous

1. v. t. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. Source: opted

2. v. t. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense. Source: opted

3. adj. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages Source: wordnet

4. adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth Source: wordnet

5. 1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. [Archaic] Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. Shak. Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. Emerson. 2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense. 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. Source: webster

6. j:100 s. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages Source: ecdict

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