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greedful

greedful adjective: characterized by greed; greedy.

Adjective

greedful (comparative more greedful, superlative most greedful)

  1. Characterized by greed; greedy.
    • In a society where it is important to get a (first panel surplus) advantage over other persons, the young man tends to surrender his individual ideals and to adopt instead, as a mask, the ideals and purposes and language and philosophy that make up a sort of common denominator for the "mafia" or...1975, William Herbert Sheldon, Prometheus revisited
    • Freedom from greed unties the knot of greedful actions, but does not diminish our capacity to act.2014, Anantanand Rambachan, A Hindu Theology of Liberation: Not-Two Is Not One, →ISBN, page 78

Forms of greedful

comparativemore greedful
superlativemost greedful

Origin of greedful

From greed + -ful.

Words formed from greedful

  • greedfully

Questions about greedful

What does greedful mean?
Greedful means characterized by greed; greedy.
What part of speech is greedful?
Greedful is an adjective.

Words near greedful in the dictionary

  1. greed monsters
  2. greeded
  3. greedfest
  4. greedfests
  5. greedflation
  6. greedful
  7. greedhead
  8. greedheads
  9. greedier
  10. greediest
  11. greedily

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