What is "neediness"

Usage examples of "neediness".

But in the time of James the First, from the neediness of the monarch himself, and the rapacity of his minions and courtiers and their satellites,each striving to enrich himself, no matter howa thousand abuses, both of right and justice, were tolerated or connived at, crime stalking abroad unpunished.

Without recognizing that men need to be trusted, it is difficult and confusing for women to understand the difference between needing and neediness.

Indeed, many depressing attitudes have a long history: feeling inferior, helplessness, pessimism, guilt, self-criticalness, perfectionism, hypersensitiveness, shyness, dependency, socially neediness, hostility, and being without systematic values to guide our lives.

When sexual appeal and a tantalizing nimbus wrapped around them and exuded a neediness after being deprived of enjoyment by an uncaring or deceased husband, Antonio was always willing to accommodate them.

As a result, our issues tend to center on the lower stages, where fear and neediness, however much we deny them, take their toll.

Here's what I think: the five most unattractive traits in people are cheapness, clinginess, neediness, unwillingness to change and jealousy.