What does needy mean?
Definitions for needy
ˈni dineedy
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word needy.
Princeton's WordNet
needyadjective
needy people collectively
"they try to help the needy"
destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenadjective
poor enough to need help from others
needyadjective
demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
Wiktionary
needyadjective
In need, poor.
Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.
needyadjective
Desiring constant affirmation, lacking in self confidence
"It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy."
Etymology: From nedy, equivalent to. Compare nodig, nötig, nödig.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Needyadjective
Poor; necessitous; distressed by poverty.
Etymology: from need.
Their gates to all were open evermore,
And one sat waiting ever them before,
To call in comers by, that needy were and poor. Fa. Q.—— In his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuff’d, and other skins
Of ill-shap’d fishes. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.The poor and needy praise thy name. Ps. lxxiv. 21.
We bring into the world a poor needy uncertain life, short at the longest, and unquiet at the best. William Temple.
Nuptials of form, of int’rest, or of state,
Those seeds of pride are fruitful in debate:
Let happy men for gen’rous love declare,
And chuse the needy virgin, chaste and fair. George Granville.To relieve the needy, and comfort the afflicted, are duties that fall in our way every day. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 93.
Wikipedia
needy
needy is a song by American singer Ariana Grande from her fifth studio album, Thank U, Next (2019) through Republic Records. It was written by Grande, Victoria Monét, Tayla Parx, and its producer Tommy Brown. Commercially, the song reached the top 10 in Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom, as well as top 20 in Greece, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and the United States.
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needy
Needy refers to individuals, groups, or organizations that lack the necessary resources, especially financial, to sufficiently meet their basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. This term can also describe someone who requires a lot of attention, support, or help.
Webster Dictionary
Needy
distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous
Needy
necessary; requiste
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
NEEDY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Needy is ranked #70645 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Needy surname appeared 277 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Needy.
96.3% or 267 total occurrences were White.
2.1% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of needy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of needy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of needy in a Sentence
The fact is, there is not an unlimited pot of money to help needy students or high-achieving low-income students. And there is a certain one-for-one, a crowding-out effect.
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
I do not see what is important for me, rather, I see whom I am important. That is why I am working for the needy people in Nepal.
He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.
A lot of older( long Covid) patients we deal with aren't accustomed to asking for help, and they think, perhaps, it's a little shameful to be needy.
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- محتاجArabic
- trængendeDanish
- Bedürftige, bedürftigGerman
- pobre, necesitadoSpanish
- فقیر, نیازمندPersian
- köyhä, puutteenalainen, vähävarainenFinnish
- nécessiteuse, dans le besoin, nécessiteuxFrench
- díothachIrish
- uireasbhachScottish Gaelic
- נִזקָקHebrew
- 貧しいJapanese
- ಅಗತ್ಯವಿರುವವರುKannada
- 아주 가난한Korean
- egenumLatin
- potrzebującyPolish
- carentePortuguese
- нуждающийсяRussian
- தேவைப்படுபவர்களுக்குTamil
- muhtaç, fakir, yoksulTurkish
- 贫穷Chinese
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