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Definition
to strongly want (something—especially something that belongs to another)- The company makes knockoffs for people who covet designer fashions, but can't afford them.
covet = strongly want
- He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The covetous man is ever in want.Horace
- The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."Romans 13:8-10 (NIV)
- And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.O. Henry -- The Gift of the Magi
- the recipient of a fabulously coveted research grant.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- stung again by the denial of a man whose love, almost inexplicably, he still coveted, a man ignoring him, even in heaven.Mitch Albom -- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- Brutus grows so covetousWilliam Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar
- When someone covets something, they desire and lust after it.Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
- And I have coveted other people's goods.David Almond -- Clay
- as if coveting something that didn't belong to him.Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- I covet no man's soul,Ayn Rand -- Anthem
- Of course no one in Olinka owns a bicycle, but one of the roadbuilders has one, and all the Olinka men covet it and talk of someday soon purchasing their own.Alice Walker -- The Color Purple
- she, more covetousWilliam Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors
- When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.Napoleon Hill
- "I shall never have Mr Gashford's good word, my lord," replied John, touching his hat respectfully, "and I don't covet it."Dickens, Charles -- Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty
- But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.Shakespeare, William -- King Henry V
- She covets her sister's house
- There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.Confucius
- It is impossible that you can covet the admiration of Heathcliff - that you consider him an agreeable personBronte, Emily -- Wuthering Heights
coveted = strongly wanted
coveted = strongly desired
coveted = strongly wanted
covetous = to strongly want (something — especially something that belongs to others)
covets = strongly wants
coveted = strongly wanted
coveting = strongly wanting
covet = want
covet = strongly want
covetous = to strongly want (something, especially the property of another person)