greed
/ɡriːd/
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American sound/ɡriːd/
greed
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greed / gri:d / n [U] ~ (for sth) (derog )
၁။ အစား လောဘကြီးမှု။
၂။ စည်းစိမ်ဥစ္စာ၊ ဩဇာအာဏာ စသည် လောဘကြီးမှု။ the greed with which large companies swallow up their smaller competitors ❍ She was consumed with greed and envy.
❏ greedily adv လောဘတကြီး။ He ate and drank greedily.
❏ greedy adj (-ier, -iest ) ~ (for sth) လောဘ ကြီးသော။ အလိုကြီးသော။ a greedy little boy ❍ You greedy pig! ❍ looking at the cakes with greedy eyes ❍ greedy for power ❍ greedy for information.
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gluttony, voracity, ravenousness, greediness, insatiability, hunger, self-indulgence, acquisitiveness, appetite, avarice, avidity, covetousness, craving, cupidity, desire, eagerness, edacity, esurience, excess, gormandizing, graspingness, indulgence, insatiableness, intemperance, longing, materialism, passion, piggishness, rapacity, selfishness, swinishness, the gimmies
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