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Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) Strong desire.

Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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