Antonyms for covet

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuhv-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌv ɪt

Definition of covet

Origin : mid-13c., from Old French coveitier "covet, desire, lust after" (12c., Modern French convoiter, influenced by con- words), probably ultimately from Latin cupiditas "passionate desire, eagerness, ambition," from cupidus "very desirous," from cupere "long for, desire" (see cupidity). Related: Coveted; coveting.

verb desire strongly

Example sentences :

These commandments forbid us to covet anything that is our neighbor's.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

This is something to covet, and, when found, not to be lost sight of.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

Hardly in Wythburn was there any one so poor as to covet such shelter for a home.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

There is nothing I should better like to hear, since of all titles this is the one I covet most the right to bear.
Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon

Have we got to say, 'I covet this woman because she is all beauty'?
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

I have no shame in declaring that I too covet fame, even as you do.
Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

Not if you were to give me the fee-simple of the barbarous tract you covet.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

There are many things which a man may possess but a King can only covet.
Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Whenever I see one of them I stand and covet it for a long time.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 31, 1920 » by Various

All is left to us that man should covet, freedom, beauty, and youth.
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

Synonyms for covet

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