Being greedy means you want more and more of something, especially money. But you can be greedy for just about anything, including food, drink, or fame.
Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of;
Adjective S.
wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don''t be greedy with the cookies"
Adjective S.
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor''s fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greed
Adjective S.
(often followed by `for'') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
superl.
Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous;
voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of
his prey.
superl.
Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently
desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.
Greedy
>Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of;
Usage Examples
Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it to work around it.
I really care about this stuff, I care about movies, and you just have to be strong and don't be stupid freedom of choice is a big responsibility, and I'm lucky enough not to have to just take any movie to pay the rent, so there's no need to be greedy.
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.
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Other Usage ExamplesMoney is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
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