greed

English

Etymology

Back-formation from greedy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

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Noun

greed (uncountable)

1. 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.

   What drove them was their ambition, their greed for power.

Synonyms

• (selfish desire for more than is needed): avarice, covetousness, greediness, rapacity
• See also Wikisaurus:greed

Derived terms

• greedily
• greediness
• greedy

Translations

selfish desire for more than is needed

Albanian: lakmi Arabic: جشع (ar) (jášaʿ) m., طمع (ar) (ṭámaʿ) m. Catalan: avarícia (ca) f., cobdícia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 貪心 (zh), 贪心 (zh) (tānxīn), 貪欲 (zh), 贪欲 (zh) (tānyù), 貪婪 (cmn), 贪婪 (cmn) (tānlán) Croatian: pohlepa (hr) f. Czech: chamtivost (cs) f. Dutch: hebzucht f., gulzigheid f. Finnish: ahneus (fi) French: avarice (fr) f. German: Gier (de) f., Habsucht (de) f. Hindi: लालच (hi) (lālac) m. Hungarian: kapzsiság (hu), mohóság (hu) Italian: avidità (it) f., ingordigia (it) f. Japanese: 貪 (ja) (とん, ton), 欲 (ja) (よく, yoku), 貪欲 (ja) (とんよく, ton'yoku, たんよく, tan'yoku)

Korean: 탐욕 (ko) (tamyok) Latin: avaritia (la) f. Norwegian: grådighet (no) m. and f. Persian: حرص (fa) (hers) Polish: chciwość (pl) f. Portuguese: ganância (pt) f. Romanian: aviditate (ro) f., lăcomie (ro) f., avariție (ro) f. Russian: алчность (ru) (álčnost') f., жадность (ru) (žádnost') f. Scottish Gaelic: sannt m., sanntachd f. Serbian: pohlepa, gramžljivost, grabežljivost, halapljivost, srebroljublje, škrtost, požuda Slovene: pohlep (sl) m. Spanish: codicia (es) Swahili: tamaa (sw) Swedish: girighet (sv) c. Urdu: طمع (ur) (tam'a) m., لالچ (ur) (lālac) m.

External links

• greed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• greed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• edger