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GREEDINESS definition: 1. the quality of wanting a lot more food, money, etc. than you need: 2. the quality of wanting a…. Learn more.
Synonyms. covetous, greedy, acquisitive, grasping, avaricious mean having or showing a strong desire for especially material possessions. covetous implies inordinate desire often for another's possessions. greedy stresses lack of restraint and often of discrimination in desire.
GREEDINESS meaning: 1. the quality of wanting a lot more food, money, etc. than you need: 2. the quality of wanting a…. Learn more.
Synonyms for GREEDINESS: greed, avarice, cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness, avariciousness, rapaciousness, desire; Antonyms of GREEDINESS: satisfaction, gratification, contentment, fulfillment, fulfilment, generosity, liberality, magnanimity.
Definitions of greediness. noun. an excessive desire for food. synonyms: hoggishness, piggishness. see more. noun. an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) “the greediness of lawyers”. synonyms: rapaciousness, voraciousness.
greediness (Definition of greedy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of greedy
greediness - an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts); "the greediness of lawyers". rapaciousness, voraciousness. selfishness - stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others.
Greediness Sentence Examples. I think that punishment by depriving children of sweets only develops their greediness. Being often very hungry when he sat down to his meals, he contracted a habit of eating with ravenous greediness.
Definition of greedy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe someone as greedy, you mean that they want to have more of something such as food or money than is necessary or fair. He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big rises. She is greedy and selfish. Synonyms: avaricious, grasping, selfish, insatiable More Synonyms of greedy.
