covetous
Wanting others' things
Covetous means excessively desirous of something, especially what belongs to another.
The word carries moral weight—to be covetous is not merely to want but to want wrongfully: covetous of his neighbor's wealth, casting covetous glances at the corner office.
The Ten Commandments forbid coveting, which colors the word with sin and transgression.
Excessively desirous of wealth
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
hoarding · mercenary · money-grubbing · materialistic · grabby · selfish · stingy · miserly
Marked by envy
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
- begrudgingReluctantly allowing or giving
- grudgingReluctant, resentful in giving
- rivalrousMarked by fierce competition
emulative · desirous · yearning · pining · wistful · malcontent · discontented · spiteful
avaricious
Excessively desirous of wealth
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
insatiable · hoarding · mercenary · money-grubbing · materialistic · grabby · selfish · stingy · miserly · parsimonious
green-eyed
Marked by envy
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
- begrudgingReluctantly allowing or giving
- grudgingReluctant, resentful in giving
rivalrous · emulative · desirous · yearning · pining · wistful · malcontent · discontented · spiteful · possessive
longing
Intense, persistent desire
thirsting · aching · hungering · wanting · obsessing · fixating · drooling · salivating · dreaming · fantasizing
- selfishnessselfishness, greed, egoism, narcissism, self-centeredness
- desireyearn, yearning, crave, craving, lust
- selfish traitsselfish, greedy, self-centered, self-absorbed, egotistical
covetousunenvious
Free from jealousy
content · satisfied · sated · contented · indifferent
covetousgenerous
Willing to give freely
giving · magnanimous · munificent · bountiful · charitable