needy
Noun
- needy people collectively
- "they try to help the needy"
Adjective Satellite
- poor enough to need help from others
- demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
Adj
- In need; poor.
- Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.
- Needful; necessary.
Adjective
- Poor and requiring basic necessities.
Examples
- After a streak of bad draws, his tile rack looked truly needy.
- It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy.
- Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English nedy, nedi (“necessitous”), from Old English nēdiġ, *nīediġ ("of need, obligated, compelled"; found in the derivative nīediġnes (“obligation”)), from Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (“of need, forced, compelled”), equivalent to need + -y. Cognate with Scots nedy, neidy (“needy, necessitous, impoverished”), Saterland Frisian niedich (“miserable, poor, wretched, needy”), Saterland Frisian nöödich (“necessary, needful”), West Frisian nedich (“needful, needed”), Dutch nodig (“necessary”), Middle Low German nōdich (“necessary, urgent, by requirement”), German nötig (“necessary, needful”), Danish nødig (“necessary”), Swedish nödig (“necessary”), Icelandic nauðugur (“constrained”).
Synonyms
destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, poverty-stricken
Antonyms
confident, self-sufficient
Scrabble Score: 9
needy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordneedy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
needy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary