(superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.
(superl.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Most rentiers are not as easily identified as the greedy banker or manager.
(2) It's the greedy internet service providers, say MPs from an all-party committee, who want ISPs to apply automatic filters to prevent access to adult material.
(3) "The property owner has backtracked and displayed a greediness, realising that there is much to be gained and in so doing has begun to exploit the situation," he said.
(4) Jermain Defoe strikes in 89th minute for Sunderland to draw with Liverpool Read more Before the mass departure the Kop loudly sang, “Enough is enough, you greedy bastards, enough is enough” – which was roundly applauded by all four sides of Anfield, including the Sunderland supporters – before launching into ’You’ll Never Walk Alone’, usually reserved for the last few moments of a game.
(5) Why not use the report to announce that the bonus tax will continue until banks (and board rooms) control their offensively greedy pay?
(6) "We the taxpayer continue to finance the greedy executives while this government continues to cosy up to them in secret negotiations which have no effective outcome.
(7) The other airport boss sympathises: "Is it them being greedy, or airlines wanting every ounce of capacity when they can?
(8) And in our audiobook review, we examine appetite with Lionel Shriver's novel Big Brother, and Jay Rayner's exploration of the food industry, A Greedy Man in a Hungry World.
(9) We should all want our money managers to be greedy, with a strong caveat: the self-interest of bankers needs to be aligned with the health of the bank.
(10) The 1% are disproportionately made up not of people who are most able, but of those who are most greedy and least concerned about the rights, feelings and welfare of other people .
(11) But as civilisation gets greedy and society more militaristic, these wise women are edged to the sidelines in favour of a thundering, male warrior god.
(12) Amurao’s workers have invented their own word to describe anybody who is extravagantly greedy: “Imeldific”.
(13) We are either greedy capitalists or we offer bribes.
(14) But for the greedy and adventurous, each one is an absolute trip.
(15) It was based on a greedy society and unsustainable growth.
(16) Others will have a dual purpose and split between personal and business use, such as: • Mortgage interest (but not the capital repayment) or rent if you're a tenant • Running costs such as heat, light and water and TV licence if it's an essential tool • Repairs to your home or adding a desk and bookcase to an existing room • Council tax • Car or van – for a list of allowances for petrol and running costs go to the HMRC website "Don't be greedy by claiming 100% for business use or you will be liable for capital gains tax on that portion when you sell your home.
(17) Kleiner Perkins’ attorneys homed in on Pao’s perceived personal shortcomings, painting a cartoonish picture of a greedy and incompetent ex-employee out only for revenge and a big pay day.
(18) Bill Winters Ousted from the investment bank JP Morgan after a quarter of a century in 2009, Winters has blamed the banking crisis on "greedy bankers, investors and borrowers".
(19) One investor, Joan Woolard, told the bank's directors that anyone who needed more than £1m to live on was "just a greedy bastard".
(20) Leaving is a given when you're dealing with very greedy people; they are avaricious.
Stinky
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Maybe you understand the twinkling of the stars, the falling of objects to earth or what it takes to be an astronaut, or you’ve battled a dragon or discovered just how stinky the stinky past could be in a horrible history.
(2) If you're going to opine about cheese, it's best to know your washed rind (stinky) from your bloomy rind (buttery).
(3) In March 2002, a pre-buzzcut Justin Timberlake broke up with a pre-breakdown Britney Spears after a three-year relationship which saw them blossom from perma-smiling Mouseketeers to pin-ups for young love (they used to call each other Stinky and Pinky!).
(4) I took off my stinky travel clothes and stepped into the shower for 10 uninterrupted minutes.
(5) How this charismatic-if-potentially-stinky Antipodean reached rural England is anyone’s guess.
(6) Immediately after the admission, cystostomy was carried out and 600 ml of stinky and cloudy urine was noted.
(7) Not included in that last category were Pengy, Ellie, Joe, Schmo, Candle, Sweepy, Big Hilda, The Bear in the Big Blue House, Oie, Dal, Tina's Pussy, Stinky, Piggy … These creatures all had names.
(8) You could even make out in some of them – especially the foul-smelling but charismatic Stinky – the faintest outline of a personality.
(9) They were visiting a Scottish farm, and each of them had a shovel, or perhaps a fork, in their hands, on the end of which there was balanced a mound of something brown and stinky-looking.
(10) Kids can design a stegosaurus, smell the stinky breath of a carnivore and scream at a bloody-jawed animatronic raptor.
(11) We ate lunch huddled around this metal heater in a stinky old sheep-house.
(12) We do sometimes seem, the three of us, the pasteurised cheese on the cheeseboard and then Ukip is the rich ripe stinky alternative and people think: 'Don't mind having a slice of that.'
(13) On a mud bank, a lizard suns itself, while high up in the tree canopy, we catch glimpses of flying monkeys and grunting Hoatzin "stinky turkeys" – prehistoric survivors with claws that grow into wings, which could have inspired the creatures in James Cameron's film Avatar.
(14) The latest collection of stinky loans within Anglo Irish Bank is being transferred to the national "bad bank" at just 33% of face value.
(15) No child raised on Dear Zoo , with a toy zoo, warbling: “We’re going to the zoo”, is likely to seize on the contradiction between loving animals and wanting to see them rocking inside in small, stinky stalls.