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greediness

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greed·y  (grd)
adj. greed·i·er, greed·i·est
1. Excessively desirous of acquiring or possessing, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves.
2. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; gluttonous.
3. Extremely eager or desirous: greedy for the opportunity to prove their ability.
[Middle English gredi, from Old English grdig; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots.]
greedi·ly adv.
greedi·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.greediness - an excessive desire for food
hoggishness, piggishness
gluttony - habitual eating to excess
2.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
Translations
greediness
n → Gierigkeit f; (= gluttony) → Gefräßigkeit f


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He would have heard of channels and sandbanks, of natural features of the land useful for sea-marks, of villages and tribes and modes of barter and precautions to take: with the instructive tales about native chiefs dyed more or less blue, whose character for greediness, ferocity, or amiability must have been expounded to him with that capacity for vivid language which seems joined naturally to the shadiness of moral character and recklessness of disposition.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Now this king was very fond of money; and when he heard the miller's boast his greediness was raised, and he sent for the girl to be brought before him.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
said Fagin, cursing his dear young friend's greediness from the very bottom of his heart.
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