0 wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else: --
They are covetous and suspicious of each other.
Kartavirya was covetous and wanted the calf as his own.
Of course, his bickering covetous heirs and associates would rather keep the jewel for themselves.
He was indeed boastful, and also covetous of honours and wealth.
If we do not, it is inevitable that many more people will be casting covetous eyes in the direction of our water, and that is something we want to avoid.
We should not be covetous.
All this means that a large number of extra people will come into the market with compulsory powers, and cast covetous eyes on what is today good agricultural land.
It is evidence of the high academic standards which are attained that in a number of cases universities have been looking at these colleges with covetous eyes.
