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needy

needy · needier · neediest

липкий, цепкий

злиденний, нужденний

anhänglich, anhaftend

In need; poorIn need; poor.

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/ˈniːdi/

» We should help the needy.

Мы должны помогать нуждающимся.

Значение

значений: 3

In need; poor.
Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.
poor enough to need help from others
Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.
Near-synonym: clingy
It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy.
(архаичное)Needful; necessary.

Примеры

предложений: 46

We should help the needy.
Мы должны помогать нуждающимся. — sharptoothed
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Tom is kind of needy, isn't he?
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I didn't think Tom would be so needy.
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You don't seem to be as needy as Tom seems to be.
deDu scheinst nicht so bedürftig wie Tom zu sein. — Waldelfe
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Tom doesn't seem to be as needy as Mary seems to be.
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Происхождение

From Middle English nedy, nedi (“necessitous”), from Old English nēdiġ, *nīediġ ("of need,

From Middle English nedy, nedi (“necessitous”), from Old English nēdiġ, *nīediġ ("of need, obligated, compelled"; found in the derivative nīediġnes (“obligation”)), from Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (“of need, forced, compelled”), equivalent to need + -y. Cognate with Scots nedy, neidy (“needy, necessitous, impoverished”), Saterland Frisian niedich (“miserable, poor, wretched, needy”), Saterland Frisian nöödich (“necessary, needful”), West Frisian nedich (“needful, needed”), Dutch nodig (“necessary”), Middle Low German nōdich (“necessary, urgent, by requirement”), German nötig (“necessary, needful”), Danish nødig (“necessary”), Swedish nödig (“necessary”), Icelandic nauðugur (“constrained”).

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