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Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.

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

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..

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

Sustained :: Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.

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..

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

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.

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- 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.

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

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

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

Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..

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

Coveting :: Coveting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cove.

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

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

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

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

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