greed en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡɹiːd/
- grēd
- (UK) audio
Etymology
c. 1600. Back-formation from greedy.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
She does not display voracities and greeds like a number of patients […] nor has she shown any significant tendency to possessiveness, grievance, paranoia, or mania.
1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:[…]But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore."
1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:His greed was his undoing.
Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer.
1954, Thomas Firbank, Log Hut, page 194:The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.
1987, Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone, Wall Street (motion picture), spoken by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| greeds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
greedster · greed monster · greedsome · greedy · greedfest · Ngreedia · goldgreed · greedflation · overgreed · greedless · greedful · greedhead · greedmeister · antigreed
Relateds
greedy · voracious · glutton · envy
Synonyms
Mammon · gluttony · covetousness · greediness · greediness · voracity · gluttony · covetousness · rapaciousness · cupidity · avarice · greed · rapacity · avarice · covetise · ravin · rapacity
Translations (139)
ilo agum (selfish desire for more than is needed) · as লোভ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ta பேராசை (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nl hebzucht (selfish desire for more than is needed) · bo ཧར་པོ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · he חַמְדָנוּת (selfish desire for more than is needed) · et aplus (selfish desire for more than is needed) · pt cobiça (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sh pohlepa (selfish desire for more than is needed) · gd sanntachd (selfish desire for more than is needed) · de Gier (selfish desire for more than is needed) · es avaricia (selfish desire for more than is needed) · et ahnus (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ne लोभ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · kl ueritsanneq (selfish desire for more than is needed) · bg а́лчност (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ar جَشَع (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sh grabežljivost (selfish desire for more than is needed) · tg хасисӣ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · hi लालच (selfish desire for more than is needed) · hy ագահություն (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sk chtivosť (selfish desire for more than is needed) · es avidez (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ru а́лчность (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sh škrtost (selfish desire for more than is needed) · id serakah (selfish desire for more than is needed) · pt avareza (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ang ġītsung (selfish desire for more than is needed) · cs chamtivost (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nl schraapzucht (selfish desire for more than is needed) · de Habgier (selfish desire for more than is needed) · cy bâr (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ro lăcomie (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ga gionach (selfish desire for more than is needed) · txb entsesñe (selfish desire for more than is needed) · de Raffgier (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nl hebgier (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ka გაუმაძღრობა (selfish desire for more than is needed) · pa ਲਾਲਚ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · fo grammleiki (selfish desire for more than is needed) · got 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉 (selfish desire for more than is needed) · fr cupidité (selfish desire for more than is needed) · uz ochkoʻzlik (selfish desire for more than is needed) · km លោភលន់ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · mi apo (selfish desire for more than is needed) · fa حرص (selfish desire for more than is needed) · te దురాశ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · lnd angaa (selfish desire for more than is needed) · pdt Jiez (selfish desire for more than is needed) · vi sự tham lam (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ur لالچ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · egy A-f:a- (selfish desire for more than is needed) · txb maune (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nb griskhet (selfish desire for more than is needed) · pt ganância (selfish desire for more than is needed) · uk хти́вість (selfish desire for more than is needed) · de Habsucht (selfish desire for more than is needed) · as খক (selfish desire for more than is needed) · es glotonería (selfish desire for more than is needed) · isd axum (selfish desire for more than is needed) · th โลภะ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ja 欲 (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sv girighet (selfish desire for more than is needed) · cy barau (selfish desire for more than is needed) · cmn 貪婪 /贪婪 (selfish desire for more than is needed) · got 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃 (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ca cobdícia (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ur طمع (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ru ненасы́тность (selfish desire for more than is needed) · txb entse (selfish desire for more than is needed) · mk лакомост (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ko 욕심 (selfish desire for more than is needed) · uk ненаже́рливість (selfish desire for more than is needed) · fi ahneus (selfish desire for more than is needed) · kmr çavbirçîtî (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ca avarícia (selfish desire for more than is needed) · bo འདོད་རྔམ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nn griskheit (selfish desire for more than is needed) · uk жадли́вість (selfish desire for more than is needed) · tr tamah (selfish desire for more than is needed) · tr açgözlülük (selfish desire for more than is needed) · eu gutizia (selfish desire for more than is needed) · es gula (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nl gulzigheid (selfish desire for more than is needed) · uz hirs (selfish desire for more than is needed) · id rakus (selfish desire for more than is needed) · el απληστία (selfish desire for more than is needed) · cmn 貪心 /贪心 (selfish desire for more than is needed) · uk жа́дібність (selfish desire for more than is needed) · grc φιλαργυρία (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ka სიხარბე (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nb grådighet (selfish desire for more than is needed) · grc φιλοκέρδεια (selfish desire for more than is needed) · be жа́дасць (selfish desire for more than is needed) · hi लोभ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · la avaritia (selfish desire for more than is needed) · it avidità (selfish desire for more than is needed) · hu kapzsiság (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ko 탐욕 (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sl pohlep (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ro aviditate (selfish desire for more than is needed) · pl chciwość (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sh gramžljivost (selfish desire for more than is needed) · hu mohóság (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ja 貪 (selfish desire for more than is needed) · es cudicia (selfish desire for more than is needed) · fo gírni (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sq lakmi (selfish desire for more than is needed) · gd sannt (selfish desire for more than is needed) · fr avidité (selfish desire for more than is needed) · grc πλεονεξία (selfish desire for more than is needed) · be сква́пнасць (selfish desire for more than is needed) · km លោភ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ga antlás (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ro avariție (selfish desire for more than is needed) · pdt Bejia (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ga saint (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sh halapljivost (selfish desire for more than is needed) · be хці́васць (selfish desire for more than is needed) · be хаплі́васць (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sh požuda (selfish desire for more than is needed) · es codicia (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nl hebgierigheid (selfish desire for more than is needed) · km មហាលោភ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nn grådigheit (selfish desire for more than is needed) · gur pʋyã'anɛ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ru жа́дность (selfish desire for more than is needed) · it ingordigia (selfish desire for more than is needed) · nv áchxą́hwíídéeniʼ (selfish desire for more than is needed) · eo avido (selfish desire for more than is needed) · is græðgi (selfish desire for more than is needed) · sh srebroljublje (selfish desire for more than is needed) · mk алчност (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ar طَمَع (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ml അത്യാഗ്രഹം (selfish desire for more than is needed) · he בֶּצַע (selfish desire for more than is needed) · de Raffsucht (selfish desire for more than is needed) · cmn 貪欲 /贪欲 (selfish desire for more than is needed) · ja 貪欲 (selfish desire for more than is needed)