"needy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈniːdi/ Audio: En-us-needy.ogg [US] Forms: needier [comparative], neediest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːdi Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nedy}} Middle English nedy, {{m|enm|nedi||necessitous}} nedi (“necessitous”), {{inh|en|ang|nēdiġ}} Old English nēdiġ, {{m|ang|*nīediġ}} *nīediġ, {{m|ang|nīediġnes||obligation}} nīediġnes (“obligation”), {{gloss|"of need, obligated, compelled"; found in the derivative <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">nīediġnes</i> (“obligation”)}} ("of need, obligated, compelled"; found in the derivative nīediġnes (“obligation”)), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*naudigaz||of need, forced, compelled}} Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (“of need, forced, compelled”), {{suf|en|need|y|id2=adjectival}} need + -y, {{cog|sco|nedy}} Scots nedy, {{m|sco|neidy||needy, necessitous, impoverished}} neidy (“needy, necessitous, impoverished”), {{cog|stq|niedich||miserable, poor, wretched, needy}} Saterland Frisian niedich (“miserable, poor, wretched, needy”), {{cog|stq|nöödich|t=necessary, needful}} Saterland Frisian nöödich (“necessary, needful”), {{cog|fy|nedich|t=needful, needed}} West Frisian nedich (“needful, needed”), {{cog|nl|nodig||necessary}} Dutch nodig (“necessary”), {{cog|gml|nōdich||necessary, urgent, by requirement}} Middle Low German nōdich (“necessary, urgent, by requirement”), {{cog|de|nötig||necessary, needful}} German nötig (“necessary, needful”), {{cog|da|nødig||necessary}} Danish nødig (“necessary”), {{cog|sv|nödig||necessary}} Swedish nödig (“necessary”), {{cog|is|nauðugur||constrained}} Icelandic nauðugur (“constrained”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} needy (comparative needier, superlative neediest)
  1. In need; poor. Translations (in need, poor): χρεῖος (khreîos) (Ancient Greek), δεόμενος (deómenos) (Ancient Greek), مِسْكِين (miskīn) (Arabic), মুহতাজ (muhotaj) (Bengali), মিসকিন (miśokin) (Bengali), беден (beden) (Bulgarian), нуждаещ се (nuždaešt se) (Bulgarian), necessitat (Catalan), freturós (Catalan), potřebný (Czech), chudý (Czech), puutteenalainen (Finnish), vähävarainen (Finnish), köyhä (Finnish), dans le besoin (French), nécessiteux (French), გაჭირვებული (gač̣irvebuli) (Georgian), საჭიროების მქონე (sač̣iroebis mkone) (Georgian), bedürftig (German), 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 (alaþarba) (Gothic), díothach (Irish), povero (Italian), indigente (Italian), bisognoso (Italian), egens (Latin), inops (Latin), takaonge (Maori), trengende (Norwegian Bokmål), نیازمند (niâzmand) (Persian), فقیر (faqir) (Persian), potrzebujący (Polish), biedujący (Polish), necessitado (Portuguese), carenciado [masculine] (Portuguese), sărac [masculine] (Romanian), nevoiaș [masculine] (Romanian), нужда́ющийся (nuždájuščijsja) (Russian), ध्रिगु (dhrigu) (Sanskrit), uireasbhach (Scottish Gaelic), necesitado (Spanish), pobre (Spanish), menesteroso (Spanish), behövande (Swedish), muhtaç (Turkish), yoksul (Turkish), fakir (Turkish), нужде́нний (nuždénnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), нужде́нна (nuždénna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-needy-en-adj-Az8nuhkn Disambiguation of 'in need, poor': 95 2 3
  2. Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (needing constant affirmation): carente (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-needy-en-adj-odtjs7WA Disambiguation of Personality: 5 54 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 80 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 26 60 14 Disambiguation of 'needing constant affirmation': 16 77 7
  3. (archaic) Needful; necessary. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-needy-en-adj-6ExGj1lk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: needily, neediness, needy mizzler

Inflected forms

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        "superlative"
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        {
          "text": "Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 February 29, Aidan Foster-Carter, “North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes”, in BBC News",
          "text": "Such monitoring has often been a sticking point in the past, amid fears that food aid might be diverted to the Northern elite - or its military - rather than the needy.",
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        }
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "miskīn",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "مِسْكِين"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "muhotaj",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "মুহতাজ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "miśokin",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "মিসকিন"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "beden",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "беден"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nuždaešt se",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "нуждаещ се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "necessitat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "freturós"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "potřebný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "chudý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "puutteenalainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "vähävarainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "köyhä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "dans le besoin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "nécessiteux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gač̣irvebuli",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "გაჭირვებული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sač̣iroebis mkone",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "საჭიროების მქონე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "bedürftig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "alaþarba",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "khreîos",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "χρεῖος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "deómenos",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "δεόμενος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "díothach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "povero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "indigente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "bisognoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "egens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "inops"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "takaonge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "trengende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "niâzmand",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "نیازمند"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "faqir",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "فقیر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "potrzebujący"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "biedujący"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "necessitado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carenciado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sărac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nevoiaș"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nuždájuščijsja",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "нужда́ющийся"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dhrigu",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "ध्रिगु"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "uireasbhach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "necesitado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "pobre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "menesteroso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "behövande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "muhtaç"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "yoksul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "word": "fakir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nuždénnyj",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "нужде́нний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nuždénna",
          "sense": "in need, poor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нужде́нна"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "12 80 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 60 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 54 40",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence."
      ],
      "id": "en-needy-en-adj-odtjs7WA",
      "links": [
        [
          "affirmation",
          "affirmation"
        ],
        [
          "self-confidence",
          "self-confidence"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 77 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "needing constant affirmation",
          "word": "carente"
        }
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          "ref": "1861, Isaak August Dorner, Patrick Fairbairn, History of the development of the doctrine of the person of Christ",
          "text": "It is the measure of things, and their time (that is, their measure, as to space and time), and yet it is above, and prior to, time: it is full in needy things, and overflows in full things; it is unutterable, innominable: it is above understanding […]",
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        }
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          "Needful",
          "needful"
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          "necessary",
          "necessary"
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        "(archaic) Needful; necessary."
      ],
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        "archaic"
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈniːdi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːdi"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “desiring constant affirmation”",
      "word": "confident"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “desiring constant affirmation”",
      "word": "self-sufficient"
    }
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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/iːdi",
    "Rhymes:English/iːdi/2 syllables",
    "en:Personality"
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    {
      "word": "needily"
    },
    {
      "word": "neediness"
    },
    {
      "word": "needy mizzler"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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    {
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "neidy",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "neidy (“needy, necessitous, impoverished”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "niedich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "miserable, poor, wretched, needy"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian niedich (“miserable, poor, wretched, needy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "nöödich",
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      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian nöödich (“necessary, needful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "nedich",
        "t": "needful, needed"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian nedich (“needful, needed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "nodig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "necessary"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch nodig (“necessary”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "nōdich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "necessary, urgent, by requirement"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German nōdich (“necessary, urgent, by requirement”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nötig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "necessary, needful"
      },
      "expansion": "German nötig (“necessary, needful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "nødig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "necessary"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish nødig (“necessary”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nödig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "necessary"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "nauðugur",
        "3": "",
        "4": "constrained"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic nauðugur (“constrained”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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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    {
      "form": "needier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neediest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "er"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 February 29, Aidan Foster-Carter, “North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes”, in BBC News",
          "text": "Such monitoring has often been a sticking point in the past, amid fears that food aid might be diverted to the Northern elite - or its military - rather than the needy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "In need; poor."
      ],
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        [
          "In need",
          "in need"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affirmation",
          "affirmation"
        ],
        [
          "self-confidence",
          "self-confidence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1861, Isaak August Dorner, Patrick Fairbairn, History of the development of the doctrine of the person of Christ",
          "text": "It is the measure of things, and their time (that is, their measure, as to space and time), and yet it is above, and prior to, time: it is full in needy things, and overflows in full things; it is unutterable, innominable: it is above understanding […]",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Needful; necessary."
      ],
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        [
          "Needful",
          "needful"
        ],
        [
          "necessary",
          "necessary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Needful; necessary."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈniːdi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːdi"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-needy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/En-us-needy.ogg/En-us-needy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/En-us-needy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miskīn",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "مِسْكِين"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "muhotaj",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "মুহতাজ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "miśokin",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "মিসকিন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "beden",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "беден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nuždaešt se",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "нуждаещ се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "necessitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "freturós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "potřebný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "chudý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "puutteenalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "vähävarainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "köyhä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "dans le besoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "nécessiteux"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gač̣irvebuli",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "გაჭირვებული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sač̣iroebis mkone",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "საჭიროების მქონე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "bedürftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "alaþarba",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khreîos",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "χρεῖος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "deómenos",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "δεόμενος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "díothach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "povero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "indigente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "bisognoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "egens"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "inops"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "takaonge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "trengende"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "niâzmand",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "نیازمند"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "faqir",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "فقیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "potrzebujący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "biedujący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "necessitado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carenciado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sărac"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nevoiaș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nuždájuščijsja",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "нужда́ющийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dhrigu",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "ध्रिगु"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "uireasbhach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "necesitado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "pobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "menesteroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "behövande"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "muhtaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "yoksul"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "word": "fakir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nuždénnyj",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нужде́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nuždénna",
      "sense": "in need, poor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нужде́нна"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "needing constant affirmation",
      "word": "carente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "needy"
}

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