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greedy

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1 greedy

Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth:
— Greedy for money and power.

synoniemen: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, prehensile.

Roget 817a: greedy, avaricious, covetous, acquisitive, grasping; rapacious; lickerish.    greedy as a hog; overeager; voracious; ravenous, ravenous as a wolf; openmouthed, extortionate, ... meer laten zien

Roget 957: gluttonous, greedy; gormandizing etc. v.; edacious, omnivorous, crapulent, swinish.    avaricious etc. 819; selfish etc. ... meer laten zien

Roget 819: parsimonious, penurious, stingy, miserly, mean, shabby, peddling, scrubby, penny wise, near, niggardly, close; fast handed, close handed, ... meer laten zien

Pools: chciwy, zachłanny, pazerny

2 greedy

often followed by `for' Ardently or excessively desirous:
— Greedy for fame.

synoniemen: avid, devouring, esurient.

Roget 865: desirous; desiring etc. v.; inclined etc. (willing) 602; partial to; fain, wishful, optative; anxious, ... meer laten zien

Pools: chciwy, żarłoczny

3 greedy

Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume.


Moby betekeniswoordenboek: Apician, a hog for, acquiring, acquisitive, all-devouring, ambitious for self, autistic, avaricious, avid, bolting, bottomless, careerist, close, cormorant, coveting, covetous, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, craving ... meer laten zien.

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