How to pronounce covetous in English

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Pronounce Covetous as K OW V EH T OW UW S.

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    Covetous phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'covetous'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of covetous: /koʊvɛtoʊus/
    • Modern IPA representation of covetous: /cɒvɛtɒʊs/

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    List of meaning for covetous

    displaying greed for another individual’s belongings

    covetous, envious, jealous(adj)

    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"

    avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile(adj)

    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"

    having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions

    one aggressive bargain hunter rushed to make a covetous grab for the last marked-down TV

    having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages

    a covetous child who must destroy what he cannot have

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    covetous in sentence

    1. While I ate, my covetous dog eyed my every bite.

    2. The covetous kids stared at my husband as he picked up the last copy of the popular videogame.

    3. As soon as I got the new iPhone, my covetous friends wanted one too.

    4. The man knew his friends were covetous of his supermodel wife.

    5. The covetous woman couldn’t stop staring at my designer handbag.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term covetous

    If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.

    Francis Bacon

    The covetous man is ever in want.

    Horace

    If thou desire not to be poor, desire not to be too rich. He is rich, not that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is poor, not that enjoys little, but he that wants too much. The contented mind wants nothing which it hath not; the covetous mind wants, not only what it hath not, but likewise what it hath.

    Francis Quarles

    The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.

    Ben Jonson

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