Crossword clues for greedier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.
Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: greedy)
WordNet
See greedy
adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, prehensile]
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn: avid, devouring(a), esurient]
wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
Usage examples of "greedier".
He’s the biggest kickback merchant of the lot, and getting greedier every minute.
The roasted look on Holly's face said it all: it was rosier and greedier in an eager waynow she knew everything.
I, the Ozarker, felt bigger and greedier, as I was no doubt meant to feel.
And the mouth, Christ, lips all full and wet, and an animal tongue, like a heart, not Happy's, the tongue of another woman, bigger, greedier, younger.
He had married a woman even greedier than he, and moved her in with me.
He was completely out of control, getting greedier and more violent by the week until he half killed some poor shopkeeper who stood up to him.
The truth was, the more he worked with Orchid the greedier he became for the experience.
They figured there were only five people in the whole country who could have done what you did: three of them work for Uncle Sam and one's doing life at Leavenworth for being greedier than you.
At best, the creatures are bumbling fools, at worst, they're charlatans, and all of them greedy as sin, but the chirurgeons are worse and even greedier, I trow.