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Adjective: greedy (greedier,greediest)  gree-dee
  1. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
    "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier";
    - avaricious, covetous, grabby [N. Amer, informal], grasping, prehensile
     
  2. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
    "don't be greedy with the cookies"
     
  3. (often followed by ‘for’) ardently or excessively desirous
    "greedy for fame";
    - avid, devouring, esurient

Derived forms: greediest, greedier

See also: acquisitive, desirous, gluttonous, wishful

Encyclopedia: Greedy, Lying, Bastards