greedy

Definition for greedy

adjective as in desiring excessively

Strongest matches

eager, hungry, impatient, rapacious, selfish

Weak matches

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, close-fisted, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grabby, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling, hoggish, insatiable, insatiate, intemperate, itchy, miserly, omnivorous, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, piggish, prehensile, ravening, ravenous, stingy, swinish, tight, tight-fisted, voracious

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But the 28-year-old promised to be less "greedy" in the rematch.

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“It’s selfish, dangerous and antisocial. I have no admiration for him at all. He’s not at all admirable. He’s just stupid and greedy.”

From Los Angeles Times

The “survival of the fittest” agenda permeates the cutbacks in food stamps, housing and heating assistance, which are based on beliefs about the “undeserving poor” — those who are supposedly lazy, or unmotivated, or greedy.

From Los Angeles Times

Citing the cost of living and climate crises, Greer said Scotland was "rigged" in favour of the super-rich, big polluters and "greedy landlords".

From BBC

It’s a flawed reason, and a greedy one, a fact neither character seems to understand.

From Los Angeles Times

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