Definition of covet

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Covet (v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.

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Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..
Niggard :: Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.
Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..
Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
Sustained :: Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..
Ambition :: Ambition (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Niggardly :: Niggardly (a.) Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.
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..
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.
Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Grudge :: Grudge (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
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