| greed | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. greed | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves. |
| ~ desire | an inclination to want things.; "a man of many desires" |
| ~ avariciousness, cupidity, avarice, covetousness | extreme greed for material wealth. |
| ~ possessiveness | excessive desire to possess or dominate. |
| ~ acquisitiveness | strong desire to acquire and possess. |
| n. (act) | 2. avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity | reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins). |
| ~ deadly sin, mortal sin | an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace.; "theologians list seven mortal sins" |
| needy | | |
| n. (group) | 1. needy | needy people collectively.; "they try to help the needy" |
| ~ poor, poor people | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group).; "the urban poor need assistance" |
| adj. | 2. destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken | poor enough to need help from others. |
| ~ poor | having little money or few possessions.; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" |
| adj. | 3. needy | demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree. |
| ~ demanding | requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill.; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding" |
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