B2adjective · rare

needy

needy · needier · neediest

злиденний, нужденний

липкий, цепкий

anhänglich, anhaftend

In need; poorIn need; poor.

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/ˈniːdi/

» Tom is needy.

Tom ist bedürftig.

Том бідний.

Том злигодній.

Meaning

3 senses

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.
(archaic)Needful; necessary.

Examples

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Tom is needy.
Том бідний.
deTom ist bedürftig.
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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.
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Tom doesn't seem to be as needy as Mary seems to be.
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Origin

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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