greedy
greedy has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.
Definitions
- 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.
- a.. wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
- a.. 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 greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
- a.. (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"