greedy
pronunciation
How to pronounce greedy in British English:
UK [ˈɡriːdi]
How to pronounce greedy in American English:
US [ˈɡriːdi]
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- Adjective:
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
- wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
Word Origin
- greedy (adj.)
- Old English grædig (West Saxon), gredig (Anglian) "voracious, hungry," also "covetous, eager to obtain," from Proto-Germanic *grædagaz (cognates: Old Saxon gradag "greedy," Old Norse graðr "greed, hunger," Danish graadig, Dutch gretig, Old High German gratag "greedy," Gothic gredags "hungry"), from *græduz (cognates: Gothic gredus "hunger," Old English grædum "eagerly"), possibly from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (source of 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."
Antonym
Example
- 1. The country 's elite is greedy but not stupid .
- 2. Am I shallow , greedy and opportunist ?
- 3. And the beijing regime has been at odds with south-east asian countries over its greedy claim to almost all of the south china sea .
- 4. He is greedy and always wants more .
- 5. I call it short-term greedy .