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What is another word for greediest?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈiːdɪəst] (IPA)

The word "greediest" refers to a person who is excessively selfish and has an insatiable desire for more wealth or possessions. Some synonyms for "greediest" include avaricious, grasping, covetous, gluttonous, rapacious, acquisitive, and insatiable. Avaricious implies a strong desire for wealth or material possessions while grasping suggests a tendency to cling onto things. Covetous refers to an inordinate desire for something that belongs to someone else. Gluttonous implies an excessive desire for consumption, and rapacious suggests a predatory nature. Acquisitive implies a strong desire to acquire and accumulate property or money, and insatiable implies that no matter how much is obtained, the person still desires more.
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Usage examples for Greediest

No treasures in gold and gems, though heaped waist-high all about, could produce in the greediest man, hungry for earthly pleasures, a delight, a rapture, equal to mine.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
He was very fond of his food, which he ate in the greediest manner.
"The Dark Forest"
Hugh Walpole
Even with these precautions, you cannot escape trouble in Singapore, which is cursed with the greediest carriage drivers in the world.
"The Critic in the Orient"
George Hamlin Fitch

Famous quotes with Greediest

  • The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, who in less than three decades killed or maimed nearly a hundred million men, women, and children and brought untold suffering to a large portion of mankind.
    Eric Hoffer
  • The Rich Man's Banquet, which was to last for a decade, had now begun: the feast, it was recognised, went to the greediest.
    Osbert Sitwell

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