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Adjective(1) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others(2) concerned chiefly or only with yourself(3) thinking only of oneself

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(1) His determination and the will to win make him selfish on the ice.(2) Her girls, she says, are less selfish after their week away.(3) I suppose one could say that we are selfish in this way.(4) In my last conversation with my Grandmother before she died she called me selfish .(5) She was also starting to think that maybe she was a bit too selfish towards him.(6) Call me selfish , but I wanted to leave my mark on a true original.(7) Sometimes I feel too selfish , and other times I feel too selfless.(8) For Scotland's only representative in the game's biggest tournament, the motives are purely selfish .(9) She felt a bit envious momentarily before she brushed it off, feeling selfish .(10) Although he had to admit it seemed selfish , he couldn't tell her.(11) Since no crime has been committed in the absence of a selfish motive, these are mostly open and shut cases.(12) Try to protest that the government is ruining your health with its selfish pleasures and see how far you get!(13) My selfish desires had led me into betraying this withdrawn and deeply religious family.(14) They said society believed that they did a lucrative job for purely selfish reasons.(15) My reason for being pro-choice is kind of selfish in a way.(16) I realized then that what I had said sounded incredibly selfish , yet I did not speak up.
Related Words
(1) be selfish
(2) selfish person
Synonyms
Adjective
1. egocentric
5. self-centered
6. self-absorbed
7. self-obsessed
8. self-seeking
9. self-serving
10. wrapped up in oneself
11. inconsiderate
12. thoughtless
13. unthinking
14. uncaring
15. uncharitable
16. mean
17. miserly
18. grasping
19. greedy
20. mercenary
21. acquisitive
22. opportunistic


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

regardless of his own selfish desires.

regardless of his own SELFISH desires.

Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10


No, you were being selfish.

No, you were being SELFISH.

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 5


You're darn right it's fair play,
you selfish jerk!

You're darn right it's fair play, you SELFISH jerk!

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 23


You are a selfish jerk.

You are a SELFISH jerk.

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 23


or a selfish reason?

or a SELFISH reason?

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 20


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