Find the of
☀
Appearance
✓Use device theme  
✓Dark theme
✓Light theme

What is the adjective for coveteousness?

What's the adjective for coveteousness? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb covet which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

covetous
  1. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. envious, jealous, desirous, yearning, coveting, resentful, begrudging, green, grudging, invidious, jaundiced, possessive, eager, insatiable, green-eyed, green with envy, envying, bitter, emulous, eating one's heart out, greedy, acquisitive, grasping, rapacious, grabby, avaricious, mercenary, avid, moneygrubbing, materialistic, selfish, money-grubbing, money-oriented, stingy, miserly, hoarding, close-fisted, money-grabbing, usurious, mean, parsimonious, grabbing, tight, penurious, Mammonish, Mammonistic … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Let men say what they will, for I defy a novice not to feel covetous of his friend's opportunities.”
      “Nor is their covetous thirst for money now less than their thirst was formerly for the blood of the sackless archbishop.”
      “The majority of benefices in these deaneries were unlikely to attract the covetous attention of pluralist clergy seeking to acquire rich livings.”
coveted
  1. Highly sought-after.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wanted, desirable, popular, desired, fashionable, sought-after, in demand, longed for, requested, longed-for, like gold dust, to die for, craved, enviable, wantable, sought after, yearned for, wished for, all the rage, pined for, to-die-for, trendy, sought, hot, big, preferred, covetable, welcome, in vogue, all the go, at a premium, asked for, in great demand, exclusive, opportune, timely, favorite, favourite, long-coveted, long-craved, long-desired, long-wished-for, long-awaited, heaven-sent, favoured, attractive, favored, appealing, good, liked … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The Huddersfield champion's latest victory means he is one win away from securing the coveted Lonsdale belt.”
covetable
  1. Which may be coveted.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. enviable, fortunate, lucky, desirable, favoured, privileged, advantageous, favored, blessed, admirable, attractive, desired, excellent, good, superior, to die for, sought-after, win-win, worth having, exciting envy, much to be desired, coveted, wanted, popular, fashionable, preferred, in demand, longed-for, trendy, exclusive, to-die-for, like gold dust, appealing, liked, agreeable, pleasant, pleasing, valuable, hot, approved, eligible, welcome, big, wantable, celebrated, requested, all the go, sought after, all the rage, looked-for … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His covetable sleek kitchens come flat-packed, ready to slot into preprepared plumbing and electrics.”
      “The most covetable house at that time would have been a suburban villa on a golf course.”
      “In both cases though these covetable paintings are explosive, celebratory and life-affirming.”
coveting
  1. present participle of covet
  2. Synonyms:
      3. desiring, wanting, craving, fancying, envying, desiderating, hankering, choosing, begrudging, longing for, yearning for, wishing for, hankering after, hungering for, thirsting for, pining for, hankering for, itching for, yenning for, aspiring to, aching for, lusting after, sighing for, setting one's heart on, repining for, dreaming of, dying for, hungering after, salivating for, spoiling for, having your eye on, jonesing for, panting after, panting for, burning for, lusting for, having hots for, having designs on, liking, having a yen for, hoping for, needing, feeling like, pining after, caring for, requiring, crying out for, loving, favouring, favoring … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Hale took a long, coveting look at the satchel Milch had received from Ames.”
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
coverts
coves
covet
covetable
coveted
coveted
coveter
coveters
covetest
coveteth
coveting
coveting
13-letter Words Starting With
c
co
cov
cove
covet
covete
coveteo
coveteou
coveteous
coveteousn
coveteousne
Find Adjectives
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Rhymes
Sentences
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Plural
Singular
Past Tense
Present Tense
Word Unscrambler
Words With Friends
Scrabble
Crossword / Codeword
iOS / Apple
Android
Home
About Us
Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Antonyms
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Copyright WordHippo © 2024