selfish

Adjective

Meaning

Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.

Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

greedy egotistical egoistic self-centered mean mercenary grasping avaricious miserly stingy thoughtless inconsiderate egocentric narcissistic rapacious
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Antonyms

unselfish altruistic philanthropic selfless gallant beneficent
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Phrases with the word

selfish activities selfish behavior selfish behaviour selfish driver least selfish less selfish

Anagrams

hisself

Examples

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. Tennessee Williams

To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. Gustave Flaubert

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. William Cowper

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. Erich Fromm

If two selfish young men sit next to a pot of water, the water spills out on the ground. Ghana Proverb

It is hard even for the most selfish man to eat fish in the darkness. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

selfing selfinjective selfinteraction selfish activities selfish behavior selfish behaviour