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greedy adjective [ ˈɡriːdi ]

• having an excessive desire or appetite for food.
• "he's scoffed the lot, the greedy pig"
Similar: gluttonous, ravenous, ravening, voracious, gourmandizing, gourmand, intemperate, self-indulgent, insatiable, insatiate, wolfish, gannet-like, piggish, piggy, swinish, hoggish, gutsy, esurient, edacious,
Opposite: temperate, ascetic,
Origin: Old English grǣdig, of Germanic origin.


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