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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -covetou-, *covetou*
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
covetous(adj) ที่มีความอยากได้, See also: ที่อยากได้ใคร่มี, ละโมบ, Syn. greedy, avaricious

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
covetous(คัฟ'วิทัส) adj. ซึ่งปรารถนา (อย่างไม่เหมาะสม) , อยากได้มาก, See also: covetousness n., Syn. greedy, lustful, Ant. generous

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
covetous(adj) โลภ, ละโมบ, อยากได้, ปรารถนามาก
covetousness(n) ความละโมบ, ความโลภ, ความอยากได้, ความปรารถนา

ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
covetouNo amount of wealth can satisfy a covetous man. Not all the treasure in the world makes him happy.

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
covetous
covetously
covetousness

WordNet (3.0)
covetous(adj) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages, Syn. jealous, envious
covetousness(n) an envious eagerness to possess something

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Covetous

a. [ OF. coveitos, F. convoiteux. See Covet, v. t. ] 1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetous death bereaved us all,
To aggrandize one funeral. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetously

adv. In a covetous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetousness

n. 1. Strong desire. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. Sprat.

Syn. -- Avarice; cupidity; eagerness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary
[yì, ㄧˋ, ] covetous; greedy [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
愛執[あいしゅう, aishuu] (n) attachment; covetous affection [Add to Longdo]
愛着[あいちゃく(P);あいじゃく, aichaku (P); aijaku] (n, vs) attachment; love; covetous affection; (P) [Add to Longdo]
小欲[しょうよく, shouyoku] (n) only slightly covetous [Add to Longdo]
少欲[しょうよく, shouyoku] (n) a little covetousness [Add to Longdo]
垂涎[すいぜん;すいえん;すいせん(ok), suizen ; suien ; suisen (ok)] (n, vs) watering at the mouth; covetousness [Add to Longdo]
欲深[よくぶか(P);よくふか, yokubuka (P); yokufuka] (adj-na, n) avarice; covetousness; greed; (P) [Add to Longdo]
欲張り(P);欲ばり[よくばり, yokubari] (adj-na, n) avarice; covetousness; greed; (P) [Add to Longdo]
貪欲(P);貪慾[どんよく(P);とんよく;たんよく, donyoku (P); tonyoku ; tanyoku] (adj-na, n) (1) avarice; greed; covetousness; (2) { Buddh } (usu. とんよく) raga (desire); (P) [Add to Longdo]
貪婪[たんらん;どんらん, tanran ; donran] (adj-na, n) covetousness; greed [Add to Longdo]

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