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covetous ADJ

covetous

covetous
حَريص
covetous
تَوّاق
covetous
شَدِيدُ الحِرْص
covetous
نَهِم

be covetous VB

be covetous
حَرَصَ
be covetous
كانَ جَشِعاً
be covetous
طَمُعَ
be covetous
جَشِعَ

make desirous or covetous VB

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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For while it was true he was a sinner, he was covetous -- but not of money.
www.sundaypost.com
Now we no longer walk past a butcher without casting a covetous look.
www.slate.com
He is depicted as a covetous, egocentric, manipulative and amoral oil baron with psychopathic tendencies, who is constantly plotting subterfuges to plunder his foes and their wealth.
en.wikipedia.org
Indigo grabbed at the toy with covetous abandon.
www.theatlantic.com
It's no accident that the most covetous items are put in the most prominent places.
www.wired.com
Could there be any more direct and forceful delegitmization of a people than to have them ontologically disappeared by another group covetous of their land?
www.counterpunch.org
I didn't understand this covetous behavior at first.
www.salon.com
Since this clandestine power game is priority number one, all of the covetous sociopath's deceitfulness and tolerance for risk are devoted to it.
www.justjared.com
They are, in short, cranky old dudes who are suspicious of social networks and covetous of their data.
www.itworld.com
The more expensive and "rare" these items are, the more covetous they appear.
www.ibtimes.co.uk

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