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greediness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun greediness has 2 senses
- greediness(n = noun.attribute) hoggishness, piggishness - an excessive desire for food; Array is a kind of gluttony
- greediness(n = noun.attribute) rapaciousness, voraciousness - an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts); "the greediness of lawyers" is a kind of selfishness
Derived form adjective greedy3
Derived form adjective greedy1
CIDE DICTIONARY
greediness, n. [AS gr.].
The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire. [1913 Webster]
"Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness."
Syn. -- Ravenousness; voracity; eagerness; avidity.
ROGET THESAURUS
greediness
Gluttony
N gluttony, greed, avarice, greediness, voracity, epicurism, good living, high living, edacity, gulosity, crapulence, guttling, guzzling, pantophagy, good cheer, blow out, feast, gastronomy, batterie de cuisine, epicure, bon vivant, gourmand, glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, Apicius, gastronome, gourmet, v, gormandize, gorge, overgorge, overeat oneself, engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff, guttle, guzzle, bolt, devour, gobble up, gulp, raven, eat out of house and home, have the stomach of an ostrich, play a good knife and fork, pamper, gluttonous, greedy, gormandizing, edacious, omnivorous, crapulent, swinish, avaricious, selfish, pampered, overfed, overgorged, jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.Greed
N greed, covetousness, ravenousness, venality, avidity, cupidity, acquisitiveness (acquisition), desire, greed, greediness, avarice, avidity, rapacity, extortion, selfishness, auri sacra fames, grasping, craving, canine appetite, rapacity, greedy, avaricious, covetous, acquisitive, grasping, rapacious, lickerish, greedy as a hog, overeager, voracious, ravenous, ravenous as a wolf, openmouthed, extortionate, exacting, sordid, alieni appetens, insatiable, insatiate, unquenchable, quenchless, omnivorous.
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