Usually means: Desiring others' possessions excessively; envy.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word coveting:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. coveting: Merriam-Webster
  2. coveting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coveting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. coveting: Vocabulary.com
  5. Coveting, coveting: Wordnik
  6. coveting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. coveting: Wiktionary
  8. Coveting, coveting: Dictionary.com
  9. Coveting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Coveting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Coveting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. coveting: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. coveting: FreeDictionary.org
  14. coveting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coveting: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coveting: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (coveting)

▸ noun:  The act of one who covets.

Similar:
desired, desirable, in demand, sought after, coveteousness, covetess, cuckoldry, cosenage, cuckolding, cosening, more...

Opposite:
contentment, satisfaction

Phrases:
coveting money, more...

Adjectives:
worth, such, long, sinful, non, much, abject, malicious, evil, book, secret

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Similar:
desired, desirable, in demand, sought after, coveteousness, covetess, cuckoldry, cosenage, cuckolding, cosening, more...

Opposite:
contentment, satisfaction

Phrases:
coveting money, more...

Adjectives:
worth, such, long, sinful, non, much, abject, malicious, evil, book, secret



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