needy

Significado (Inglés)

1. In need; poor.
2. Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.
3. Needful; necessary.

Conceptos

necesitado

indigente

pobre

menesteroso

hueco

vacío

desamparado

apurado

falto

huérfano

mendigo

sin recursos

sin tierra

miserable

inseguro

kerjus

empobrecida

empobrecido

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈniːdi/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”).