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Grudge :: Grudge (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).

Closefisted :: Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.

Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.

Cob :: Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person..

Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..

Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.

Niggard :: Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Misery :: Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..

Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..

Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.

Affect :: Affect (v. t.) To aim at; to aspire; to covet.

Desirous :: Desirous (n.) Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

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