Betekenis van:
greed
greed
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
greed
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Greed is good.
- Greed is not always good.
- I was overtaken by greed.
- The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
- Greed keeps men forever poor, even the abundance of this world will not make them rich.
- Although he had many toys, his greed made him want more.
- He's not beaten by the rain, he's not beaten by the wind, neither the snow nor the heat of the summer will beat him, his body is robust, without greed, he never angers, but is always serenely smiling.