needy
11needy — [[t]ni͟ːdi[/t]] needier, neediest ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Needy people do not have enough food, medicine, or clothing, or adequate houses. ...a multinational force aimed at ensuring that food and medicine get to needy Somalis. Syn: impoverished N… …
12needy — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ a woman who looked needy ADVERB ▪ truly, very ▪ emotionally …
13needy — need|y [ˈni:di] adj 1.) a) having very little food or money ▪ a needy family b) the needy needy people ▪ money to help the needy 2.) needing and wanting a lot of love and attention …
14needy — adjective 1 having very little food or money: a needy family 2 the needy needy people: money to help the needy neediness noun (U) …
15needy — need•y [[t]ˈni di[/t]] adj. need•i•er, need•i•est, n. 1) in a condition of need or want; extremely poor; destitute 2) cvb the needy, needy persons collectively: to help the needy[/ex] • Etymology: 1125–75 need′i•ly, adv …
16needy — adjective (needier; est) Date: 12th century 1. being in want ; poverty stricken < needy families > 2. marked by want of affection, attention, or emotional support < emotionally needy > • neediness noun …
17needy — needily, adv. /nee dee/, adj., needier, neediest, n. adj. 1. in a condition of need or want; poverty stricken; impoverished; extremely poor; destitute. n. 2. (used with a pl. v.) needy persons collectively (usually prec. by the): Help the needy.… …
18needy — adjective /ˈniːdi/ In need, poor. Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer …
19needy — Synonyms and related words: beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereft, chronic poverty area, dead, depressed population, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, down and out, flat, fleeced, ghetto dwellers, ghettoized, hard up, impecunious, impoverished,… …
20needy — adjective collecting food and blankets for needy families Syn: poor, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged, necessitous, in need, needful, hard up, in straitened circumstances, poverty stricken, indigent, impoverished, pauperized, destitute,… …
