English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van "gierig" is: op 'n gulsige of gierige manier, gekenmerk deur 'n oormatige begeerte na rykdom of materiƫle besittings. Dit kan ook beteken op 'n manier wat 'n sterk of oormatige begeerte na iets toon, soos kos, aandag of sukses.

Synonyms

  1. covetously
  2. avariciously

Sentence Examples

  1. When all of her clothing had been removed, he laid her gently on the bed, his gaze wandering greedily over her naked body.
  2. He was pursued by the sight of black ants swarming greedily upon the gray face and venturing horribly near to the eyes.
  3. But his wounds always made it seem that his feet were retarded, held, and he fought a grim fight, as with invisible ghouls fastened greedily upon his limbs.
  4. He extended his hands, and drank greedily of the rainwater that had lodged in a hollow of the rock.
  5. The memory of Thor took over, and I grasped it greedily.
  6. This conversation they are apt to run into with the same temper that boys discover in delighting to hear terrible stories of sprites and hobgoblins, which they greedily listen to, and dare not go to bed for fear.
  7. Mark felt his blood spurt, and the creature began to guzzle greedily at the wound.
  8. Sara ordered her eyes to look away but they betrayed her, greedily drinking up the vision of him.
  9. The child had consumed it all greedily, as had Liz herself.
  10. There were two of them, both dirty and unkempt, and they greedily looked her up and down, lecherous grins exploding on their faces.