Neediness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.
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  • noun. The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.
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  • noun. The characteristic of being needy.
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  • noun. the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree
  • noun. a state of extreme poverty
    • Word Usage
    "And neediness is the biggest turn off; the thing most likely to send any man/boy running at top speed in the opposite direction."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    impoverishment  poorness  poverty  quality  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    asthenopia  cataloguing  claustrophobe  egocentricity  finiteness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    indigence  povert  poverty  want  
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