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present participle of covet.

coveting

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envious adj.
envy n.
longing n.
meanness n.

ADJECTIVE

envious

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distrustful greedy suspicious watchful

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appetent aspiring begrudging covetous craving desiring desirous fain grasping green with envy green-eyed grudging hankering invidious jaundiced longing for malicious spiteful umbrageous wishful yearning

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comfortable content kind pleased unenvious

NOUN

envy

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begrudging bitterness hatred ill will jealousy malice prejudice resentment rivalry

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backbiting covetousness enviousness grudging lusting malevolence maliciousness malignity opposition spite

WEAK

evil eye green-eyed monster grudgingness invidiousness jaundiced eye resentfulness

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friendliness liking love loving

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comfort confidence contentedness good will kindness pleasure

NOUN

longing

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ambition aspiration craving hankering hunger pining thirst wish yearning

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hungering itch urge yen

WEAK

fire in the belly

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dislike hate hatred indifference satisfaction

NOUN

meanness

Synonyms

STRONG

belittling cheating scolding

WEAK

deceiving defaming defrauding degrading dishonoring groveling grudging quarreling shaming sneaking

Antonyms

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generosity nobility worthiness

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coveting

But Fernandes is not one for coveting individual awards.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Now he is vying for votes in a military-managed poll starting on Sunday, coveting the former seat of the country's best known political prisoner -- Aung San Suu Kyi.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

Then Coop launches into a meticulous description of what makes each item worth coveting.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025

While these acquisition targets never came to fruition, the emails show Microsoft’s years of coveting Activision Blizzard leading up to its $69-billion proposed acquisition last January.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

She's spent years coveting rulership of Gens Veturia.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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