neediness

Meaning

The characteristic of being needy.

Synonyms

want

deprivation

privation

need

necessitousness

destitution

poverty

indigence

hole

🕳️

hot water

irritation

lack

necessity

needfulness

constraint

pennilessness

penury

pinch

plight

requirement

requisiteness

shortage

shortcoming

shortness

strait

straits

wart

worthlessness

dire straits

occasion

cowardice

dearth

deficiency

demerit

distress

fix

flaw

Translations

indigence

Bedürftigkeit

misère

φτώχεια

carência

pauvre

pauvreté

privation

vouloir

couardise

inutilité

bisogno

indigenza

gebrek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈniː.di.nəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nedynesse

In summary

From Middle English nedynesse; equivalent to needy + -ness.