covetous


covetous (http://definr.com/covetous)

     adj 1: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's
            advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her";
            "jealous of his success and covetous of his
            possessions"; "envious of their art collection"; "he
            was green with envy" [syn: envious, jealous, green]
     2: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
        avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting
        covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old
        miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and
        power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers
        stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: avaricious,
         grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile]