6 Results for covetou
หรือค้นหา: -covetou-, *covetou*

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covetouNo amount of wealth can satisfy a covetous man. Not all the treasure in the world makes him happy.

WordNet (3.0)
covetous(adj) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages, Syn. jealous, envious, Example: he was never covetous before he met her; jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions; envious of their art collection
covetousness(n) an envious eagerness to possess something

Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
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 ]


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