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greediness

/ˈɡɹiːdinɪs/

greediness noun: the state of being greedy; greed.

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Noun

greediness (usually uncountable, plural greedinesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being greedy; greed.
    • Thereto the body of a dog she had, / Full of fell ravin and fierce greedinesse […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

greediness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

greediness in Hindi

greediness, covetousness, avidity, cupidity
लोलुपता loluptā

greediness in Tamil

லோலம், பொச்சம், பற்றுள்ளம், கெலி

greediness in Marathi

greediness
लोभीपणा lobhīpṇā, हावरटपणा hāvraṭapṇā

greediness in Urdu

آز, ہوکا, حرص, لالچ, نادیدہ پن, طمع
More languagesFewer languages
greediness in Malayalam
കൊതി koti
greediness in Kannada
ರಾಗ rāga

Forms of greediness

pluralgreedinesses

Origin of greediness

From Middle English gredynesse, from Old English grǣdiġnes; equivalent to greedy + -ness.

Questions about greediness

What does greediness mean?
Greediness means the state of being greedy; greed.
What is greediness in Hindi?
Greediness in Hindi is लोलुपता (loluptā). See Greediness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is greediness?
Greediness is a noun.
How do you pronounce greediness?
Greediness is pronounced /ˈɡɹiːdinɪs/.
What is the plural of greediness?
The plural of greediness is greedinesses.

Words near greediness in the dictionary

  1. greedhead
  2. greedheads
  3. greedier
  4. greediest
  5. greedily
  6. greediness
  7. greedinesses
  8. greeding
  9. greedless
  10. greedlessness
  11. greedmeister

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: greediness (page history and authors); लोलुपता (Hindi) (page history and authors); greediness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); लोभीपणा (Marathi) (page history and authors); greediness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കൊതി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ರಾಗ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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