Definitions for greedy

greedy greed·y

Spelling: [gree-dee]
IPA: /ˈgri di/

Greedy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in greedy (deegry).

Definitions for greedy

adjective

  1. excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious:
  2. having a strong or great desire for food or drink.
  3. keenly desirous; eager (often followed by of or for):

Origin of greedy

before 900; Middle English gredy, Old English grædig; cognate with Old Norse grāthugr, Gothic gredags

Examples for greedy

Her ambition was painted as ruthless and her lack of money only further served to indict her as a greedy criminal.

The ambitious, the greedy and the powerful lunged for the huge profits that could be made.

Only the greedy say that greed is good and there is no shaming of the shameless.

But this soft and greedy subversive organelle is no match for the brilliance of our scientists!

The answer may be that animals are greedy: they need a lot of oxygen to grow big and complicated.

For good measure, the AFL-CIO also called the tech community “greedy” for wanting to make it easier to hire foreign engineers.

The money came easily, and, like many Greeks, she says she was greedy.

We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves with greedy pleasure.

Which was this: we will petition the greedy and insatiable City to paint the curbs blue and white, mandating pay for parking.

The  Silicon Valley tech firms tend to be  every bit as cutthroat and greedy as any capitalist enterprise before it.

Word Value for greedy
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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