Definitions for needy

needy need·y

Spelling: [nee-dee]
IPA: /ˈni di/

Needy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in needy (deeny).

Definitions for needy

noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) needy persons collectively (usually preceded by the):

adjective

  1. in a condition of need or want; poverty-stricken; impoverished; extremely poor; destitute.

Origin of needy

1125-75; Middle English nedi; see need, -y1

Examples for needy

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know Me?

Oh yes, any thing at all, ma'am; I'm not greedy—nor needy, thanks above!

The officers—led by a woman named Dawn Lerner—provide food and shelter at the hospital for needy people they find on the road.

He has close ties with the city political establishment and serves more than 200 needy families a week through his food bank.

This is quite as much why they make him presents, as because they know him to be needy.

They are most kind in their ministrations to the sick and needy.

Then he bought a burial-place for his ancestors, and supported his needy relations.

A caravan from Windsor, Ontario across the river recently delivered a couple of hundred gallons to needy customers.

The foundation, named after her mother, provides financial help to needy families that are infertile.

As a way to be more available to needy souls outside the church, Williams took a clerk job at Walgreens pharmacy.

Word Value for needy
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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