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Grudge :: Grudge (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Grudge :: Grudge (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects..

Desirous :: Desirous (n.) Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Covetise :: Covetise (v. t.) Avarice.

Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..

Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..

Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.

Ambition :: Ambition (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

Closefisted :: Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

Covetiveness :: Covetiveness (n.) Acquisitiveness.

Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..

Covetously :: Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.

Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.

Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).

Coveter :: Coveter (n.) One who covets.

Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

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