greediness

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/ˈɡɹiːdinɪs/

noun

The state of being greedy; greed.

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hoggishnesspiggishnessvoraciousnessrapaciousness
OriginMiddle English gredynesse ← Old English grǣdiġnes →
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Meanings

noungreediness (usually uncountable, plural greedinesses)

plural greedinesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan excessive desire for food

Similar
hoggishnesspiggishness
Broader
gluttony

nounan excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)

Similar
voraciousnessrapaciousness
Broader
selfishness
Also see
greedgulosityhoggishnessmiserypiggishnessrapaciousnessrapacityravinvoraciousness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishgrǣdiġnes
  2. Middle Englishgredynesse
  3. Englishgreediness

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

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APA

greediness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greediness

MLA

“greediness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greediness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “greediness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greediness.

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