Antonyms for neediness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nee-dee-nis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈni di nɪs |
Definition of neediness
- noun poverty
- But in our day it is necessity, neediness, that prevails, and lends a degraded humanity under its iron yoke.
- Extract from : « The Aesthetical Essays » by Friedrich Schiller
- But everywhere the ill-assorted marriage of pretentiousness and neediness was apparent.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- After a short experience of three weeks Comte returned to neediness and contentment.
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley
Synonyms for neediness
- abjection
- aridity
- bankruptcy
- barrenness
- beggary
- dearth
- debt
- deficiency
- deficit
- depletion
- destitution
- difficulty
- distress
- emptiness
- exiguity
- famine
- hardship
- impecuniosity
- impecuniousness
- impoverishment
- inadequacy
- indigence
- insolvency
- insufficiency
- lack
- meagerness
- necessitousness
- necessity
- need
- pass
- paucity
- pauperism
- pennilessness
- penuriousness
- penury
- pinch
- poorness
- privation
- reduction
- scarcity
- shortage
- starvation
- straits
- underdevelopment
- vacancy
- want
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