be needy

VERB

need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call for demand desire lack require

STRONG

claim covet crave exact hanker hunger long lust miss necessitate pine thirst wish yearn

WEAK

be deficient be deprived be down and out be hard up be in need of be in want be inadequate be poor be short be without die for do without drive for feel a dearth of feel the necessity for feel the pinch go hungry have occasion for have occasion to have use for hurt for suffer privation yen for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

have not want

STRONG

abjure despise dislike give hate

WEAK

do not want

Example Sentences

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Another way of putting this is don’t be needy.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2021

When clinginess happens—because, yes, it inevitably will—reassure your child; hold him; let him be needy.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2014

Since these magnanimous bats will someday be needy themselves, this reciprocal altruism is a win-win game.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Myers is making everything worse—making him stand out, be needy, expecting us kids to help when all we want to do is survive.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

No Church would be needy, no believer would be poor.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

be needy

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