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neediness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deprivation, privation, want |
| Type of | impoverishment, poorness, poverty |
| Derivation | needy |
neediness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | quality |
| Derivation | needy |
he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it.
Examples of neediness
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Neediness is not an attractive characteristic, neither of people nor of nations.
From the theatlantic.com
It can hold your sweetness and your craziness, your neediness and your strength.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
Ms. Gilpin telegraphs Dinah's neediness and antsiness far too clearly throughout.
From the theater.nytimes.com
If guys get a whiff of neediness, loneliness, or insecurity, they keep on moving.
From the boston.com
We tend to hope a relationship will complete us, but neediness drives people away.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Whether you find such tales uplifting or trite depends on your state of neediness.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Neediness of other country's resources doesn't make us strong in the long run.
From the forbes.com
Much of her appeal lies in our inability to explain away her bottomless neediness.
From the time.com
In Asian culture, there's no tolerance for emotional dependency or neediness.
From the usatoday.com
- Privation: a state of extreme poverty
- The quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree; "he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it"
- The characteristic of being needy
- (needier) comparative form of needy: more needy
