[responsivevoice] covetous [/responsivevoice] [ kuhv-i-tuhs ]
The word of the day is ‘covetous.’
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Greedy
2. Very desirous
3. A great desire to possess something belonging to someone else
4. Selfish
1. Hindi – Laalachee
2. Spanish -Codicioso
3. French – Cupide
4. Mandarin – Lìng rén chuíxián
1. For with the incontinent man, it is not as with the self-seeker and the covetous.
2. He smiled ever so faintly as he saw the covetous gleam in her eyes.
3. In all this, there is nothing of a self-seeking or covetous kind.
4. If he was cruel and covetous, he was punished for it in this world heavily enough.
5. It is a covetous grasping, a recognition that the other is indispensable.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close-fisted, eager, envious, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, hogging, itchy, jealous, keen, mercenary, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, selfish, swinish, voracious, yearning, greedy, insatiable, desirous, possessive, begrudging etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
benevolent, generous, giving, satisfied
Quotation:
The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region during World War I and who, at its close, principally fashioned its peace. It was a peace presaged by the nickname given the region by covetous British leaders in wartime: ‘The Great Loot.’
Scott Anderson
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