English noun: neediness | |||
| 1. | neediness (state) a state of extreme poverty | ||
| Synonyms | deprivation, privation, want | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impoverishment, poorness, poverty | ||
| 2. | neediness (attribute) the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree | ||
| Samples | He recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||