covetous

[US]/'kʌvɪtəs/
[UK]/'kʌvətəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. greedy, desiring something that belongs to others

Example Sentences

she fingered the linen with covetous hands.

covetous of his neighbor's possessions;

A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.

She is envious of Jane’s good looks and covetous of her car.

A poor man wants some things,a covetous man all things.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Eph 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

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