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Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.

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

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

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

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

Miscovet :: Miscovet (v. t.) To covet wrongfully.

Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..

Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.

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

Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..

Covet :: Covet (v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.

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

Covetable :: Covetable (a.) That may be coveted; desirable.

Covetously :: Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.

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

Ambition :: Ambition (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

Grudge :: Grudge (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects..

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

Niggardly :: Niggardly (a.) Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

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.

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