Greedy.
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Greedy \Greed"y\ (gr[=e]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. {Greedier}
(-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Greediest}.] [OE. gredi, AS.
gr[=ae]dig, gr[=e]dig; akin to D. gretig, OS. gr[=a]dag, OHG.
gr[=a]tag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, gr[*a]dig, Icel.
gr[=a][eth]ugr, Goth. gr[=e]dags greedy, gr[=e]d[=e]n to be
hungry; cf. Skr. g[.r]dh to be greedy. Cf. {Greed.}]
1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous;
voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that
is greedy of his prey.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous;
eager to obtain; avaricious; as, {greedy} of gain.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
104 Moby Thesaurus words for "greedy":
Apician, a hog for, acquiring, acquisitive, all-devouring,
ambitious for self, autistic, avaricious, avid, bolting,
bottomless, careerist, close, cormorant, coveting, covetous,
cramming, crapulent, crapulous, craving, desirous, devouring,
edacious, egotistical, esurient, glutting, gluttonizing,
gluttonous, gobbling, gorging, grabby, grasping, gulping, guttling,
guzzling, hoggish, hyperphagic, individualistic, insatiable,
insatiate, intemperate, itchy, limitless, materialistic, mean,
mercenary, mingy, miserly, money-hungry, money-mad, narcissistic,
near, niggardly, omnivorous, overgreedy, parsimonious,
penny-pinching, penurious, personalistic, piggish, polyphagic,
possessive, prehensile, privatistic, quenchless, rapacious,
ravening, ravenous, remote, self-absorbed, self-admiring,
self-advancing, self-besot, self-centered, self-considerative,
self-contained, self-devoted, self-esteeming, self-indulgent,
self-interested, self-jealous, self-occupied, self-pleasing,
self-seeking, self-serving, self-sufficient, selfish, slakeless,
sordid, stingy, stuffing, swinish, tight, tight-fisted,
unappeasable, unappeased, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied,
unslakeable, unslaked, venal, voracious, wolfing
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