About The Word Greedy
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Greedy
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What's The Definition Of Greedy?
[adj] wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
[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" [adj] (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" Synonyms | Synonyms for Greedy: acquisitive | avaricious | avid | covetous | desirous | devouring(a) | esurient | gluttonous | grabby | grasping | prehensile Related Terms | Find terms related to Greedy: a hog for | acquiring | acquisitive | all-devouring | ambitious for self | Apician | autistic | avaricious | avid | bolting | bottomless | careerist | close | cormorant | coveting | covetous | cramming | crapulent | crapulous | craving | desirous | devouring | edacious | egotistical | esurient | glutting | gluttonizing | gluttonous | gobbling | gorging | grabby | grasping | gulping | guttling | guzzling | hoggish | hyperphagic | individualistic | insatiable | insatiate | intemperate | itchy | limitless | materialistic | mean | mercenary | mingy | miserly | money-hungry | money-mad | narcissistic | near | niggardly | omnivorous | overgreedy | parsimonious | penny-pinching | penurious | personalistic | piggish | polyphagic | possessive | prehensile | privatistic | quenchless | rapacious | ravening | ravenous | remote | self-absorbed | self-admiring | self-advancing | self-besot | self-centered | self-considerative | self-contained | self-devoted | self-esteeming | self-indulgent | self-interested | selfish | self-jealous | self-occupied | self-pleasing | self-seeking | self-serving | self-sufficient | slakeless | sordid | stingy | stuffing | swinish | tight | tight-fisted | unappeasable | unappeased | unquenchable | unsated | unsatisfied | unslakeable | unslaked | venal | voracious | wolfing See Also | Greedy In Webster's Dictionary \Greed"y\, a. [Compar. {Greedier} (-[i^]-[~e]r); superl.
{Greediest}.] [OE. gredi, AS. gr?dig, gr?dig; akin to D.
gretig, OS. gr?dag, OHG. gr?tag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig,
gr?dig, Icel. gra?ugr, Goth. gr?dags greedy, gr?d?n to be
hungry; cf. Skr. grdh to be greedy. Cf. {Greed.}]
1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous;
voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that
is greedy of his prey.
2. Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous;
eager to obtain; avaricious; as, {greedy} of gain.
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