Synonyms for neediest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : nee-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈni di |
Top 10 synonyms for neediest
Définition of neediest
Origin :- late 12c., neodi "poor, indigent," from need (n.) + adjectival suffix -y (2). Cf. Dutch noodig, German nothig, Old Norse nauðigr. As a noun from mid-14c. Related: Needily; neediness.
- adj deprived, impoverished
- Some of our neediest pupils prove to be the best in their classes.
- Extract from : « American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 9, September, 1896 » by Various
- Man is the neediest creature on God's earth, because he is a sinner.
- Extract from : « Practical Religion » by John Charles Ryle
- The world has never yet been so rich that waste did not work harm to the neediest.
- Extract from : « The Church and Modern Life » by Washington Gladden
- There are no favourites among the pilgrims except, perhaps, the neediest, and to them is given “more abundant honour.”
- Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
- The tempter attacks first the neediest point, the hunger, and in so far the weakest, the likeliest to yield.
- Extract from : « Quiet Talks about Jesus » by S. D. Gordon
- It was the poorest and neediest of asylums; and the poor little orphaned wretches—but it is better not to speak of them.
- Extract from : « Balcony Stories » by Grace E. King
- When I had finished my course I said, ‘I will find the neediest people in the world and serve them.’
- Extract from : « The Rope of Gold » by Roy J. Snell
- I found, I believe, the neediest people right here in Haiti.
- Extract from : « The Rope of Gold » by Roy J. Snell
- Now he is devoting himself to mission work in the city where I met him, working among the neediest and lowest.
- Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Following the Christ » by S. D. Gordon
- Others die young leaving their families in the neediest circumstances.
- Extract from : « Woman and Socialism » by August Bebel
Antonyms for neediest
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