greed
Collocations
5(noun.)
ADJ
pure, sheer, simple | human, personal
VERB + GREED
satisfy
His constant desire to satisfy his greed for money ruined his friendships.
be consumed by, be driven by
PREP
~ for
My uncle's greed for success made him work seventy hours every week.
Definitions
noun
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
His greed was his undoing.
[…]But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore."
verb
To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.
The ravens sit greeding, / And watching, and heeding: / Thoro' wind, over water, / Comes scent of the slaughter, / And ravens sit greeding / Their share of the bones.
Hearing these words he arose, because indeed he greeded for her, and came up behind her as she rested upon her elbows and knees and bending in hand his prickle nailed it into her coynte and did manly devoir.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — reprehensible acquisitiveness
- avarice
- covetousness
- rapacity
- avaritia
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6His greed was his undoing.
Wiktionary[…]But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence
WiktionaryYour market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer.
WiktionaryThe ravens sit greeding, / And watching, and heeding: / Thoro' wind, over water, / Comes scent of the slaughter, / And ravens sit greeding / Their share of the bones.
WiktionaryHearing these words he arose, because indeed he greeded for her, and came up behind her as she rested upon her elbows and knees and bending in hand his prickle nailed it into her coynte and did manly
WiktionaryThis conniving bastard has greeded the farm off an old man and I end up with nothing.
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