From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Covetous \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), adjective [OF. coveitos, F. convoiteux. See {Covet}, verb (used with an object)]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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: {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}, {grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}, {prehensile}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "covetous": acquisitive, assembly, avid, band, bevy, bunch, cluster, covey, crew, desirous, eager, envious, esurient, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, greedy, grudging, hoggish, itchy, jealous, keen, lickerish, party, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous, selfish, swinish, voracious
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