Translation of "covetous" to Russian

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Dictionary translations for "covetous"

covetous [ˈkʌvɪtəs] adjective

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жадный (person)

Contexts with "covetous"

Most men, Machiavelli writes, are “ungrateful, fickle, dissembling, anxious to fear danger, and covetous of gain.” Большинство людей, пишет Макиавелли, «неблагодарны и непостоянны, склонны к лицемерию и обману, их отпугивает опасность и влечет нажива».

On the other hand, not long after the "united economic space" was announced, Russia began to cast covetous eyes on the Ukrainian Black Sea island of Tuszla. С другой стороны, вскоре после оглашения "единого экономического пространства" Россия обратила свой взор на украинский остров Тузла в Чёрном море.

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