needy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun needy people collectively
    • they try to help the needy
  2. adjective satellite poor enough to need help from others
    poverty-stricken; necessitous; impoverished; destitute; indigent.
  3. adjective satellite demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

WordNet

Need"y adjective
Wordforms
comparative Needer ; superlative Neediest
Definitions
  1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.
    Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. Deut. xv. 11.
    Spare the bluches of needly merit. Dr. T. Dwight.
  2. Necessary; requiste. Obs.
    Corn to make your needy bread. Shak.

Webster 1913