dalo : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

dalo [da.lû.] :

greedy (adj.); selfish (adj.)

Derivatives of dalo

Glosses:

greedy
adj.	1. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile	immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
	~ acquisitive	eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas.; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
adj.	2. avid, devouring, esurient, greedy	(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous.; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
	~ desirous, wishful	having or expressing desire for something.; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
adj.	3. greedy	wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume.; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
	~ gluttonous	given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink.; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"
selfish
adj.	1. selfish	concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"
	~ egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred	limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.
	~ inconsiderate	lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others.; "shockingly inconsiderate behavior"
	~ stingy, ungenerous	unwilling to spend.; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
	~ egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving	characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.
	~ self-seeking, self-serving	interested only in yourself.