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greedy
adjective as in desiring excessively
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acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, close-fisted, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grabby, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling, hoggish, insatiable, insatiate, intemperate, itchy, miserly, omnivorous, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, piggish, prehensile, ravening, ravenous, stingy, swinish, tight, tight-fisted, voracious
Example Sentences
Bellamy describes himself as a "greedy" coach - forever demanding more from his players, his staff and himself - and there is no doubting his ambitions.
“I’m real over anything kind of dour and greedy,” Gonzo said.
In a current state of paralysis, golf seeks to end a greedy civil war.
"I'm going to fight for it because those greedy companies are making billions of dollars and they don't want to share," he said.
"He was a stupid man who was greedy. Instead of paying the crew properly and getting himself a professional, bloody smuggling crew - he hired four innocent guys."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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