No amount of wealth can satisfy a covetous man. All the treasure in the world won't make him happy.
Source: tatoeba (36729)
Covetous
//ˈkʌvətəs//
Synonyms for "covetous" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- حَسُود adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- شَرِه adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- طَمَّاع adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- مُشْتَهٍ adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Armenian
1 entries- ագահ adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Bulgarian
2 entries- алчен adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- лаком adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 垂涎的 adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- 貪求的 /贪求的 adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Czech
3 entries- lačný adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- prahnoucí adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- žádostivý adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Finnish
2 entries- himoitseva adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- isoava adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
French
1 entries- avare adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Galician
1 entries- cobizoso adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
German
2 entries- begierig adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- gierig adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Greek
2 entries- ζηλόφθων adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- φθονερός adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Hungarian
2 entries- kapzsi adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- mohó adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Irish
4 entries- amplach adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- amplúil adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- antlásach adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- maoinchíocrach adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Latin
1 entries- trahax adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Norwegian
1 entries- gjerrig adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آج adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- حریص adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Persian
1 entries- حریص adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Polish
2 entries- chciwy adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
- pożądliwy adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Russian
1 entries- а́лчный adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sanntach adj (distastefully desirous or keen — see also avaricious)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A covetous man is good to none and worst to himself.
Source: tatoeba (13080543)
The couaitous deſyre of riche men is euer vnſaciable. It always raueneth and neuer is ſatisfied.
Source: wiktionary
Intimate as she was with Lady Anne, she would not but see how little the Misses Granard had of the ordinary pleasures of their age—but it never entered into her head to add to them—had one of their sweet faces been seen in her box at the opera, it might have attracted that attention she was feverishly covetous of engrossing.
Source: wiktionary
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