Antonyms for greedy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : gree-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgri di |
Definition of greedy
Origin :- Old English grædig (West Saxon), gredig (Anglian) "voracious," also "covetous," from Proto-Germanic *grædagaz (cf. Old Saxon gradag "greedy," Old Norse graðr "greed, hunger," Danish graadig, Dutch gretig, Old High German gratag "greedy"), from *græduz (cf. Gothic gredus "hunger," Old English grædum "eagerly"), possibly from PIE root *gher- "to like, want" (cf. Sanskrit grdh "to be greedy").
- In Greek, the word was philargyros, literally "money-loving." A German word for it is habsüchtig, from haben "to have" + sucht "sickness, disease," with sense tending toward "passion for."
- adj desiring excessively
- Malbone, greedy of emotion, was drinking to the dregs a passion that could have no to-morrow.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- They were thinking: "That greedy little girl has gone on and on eating."
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- Those who have much are often greedy; those who have little always share.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Rgina was greedy, but her pride was greater than her greediness.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Oh yes, any thing at all, ma'am; I'm not greedy—nor needy, thanks above!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The stork is a bird of prey; it is vigilant, greedy, and catches gudgeons.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- They were greedy, and, in their besotted avarice, they killed the goose.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- The dragon had not yet satisfied his hunger and opened his greedy jaws wide.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- I cried, my whole attitude changing to one of greedy expectation.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Peasants were greedy, narrow, unimaginative, lacking in public spirit.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
Synonyms for greedy
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- close
- close-fisted
- covetous
- craving
- desirous
- devouring
- eager
- edacious
- esurient
- gluttonous
- gobbling
- gormandizing
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- gulping
- guzzling
- hoggish
- hungry
- impatient
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- niggardly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- pennypinching
- penurious
- piggish
- prehensile
- rapacious
- ravening
- ravenous
- selfish
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
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