needier
Wanting more attention
Needier is the comparative form of needy—more demanding of attention, support, or reassurance.
Someone needier than others requires more emotional maintenance: My cat is needier than my dog.
The word often carries a mildly critical edge, suggesting excessive dependence: He got needier after the breakup.
Tending to hold on
- dependentRequiring outside support
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
longing · anxious · attached · demanding · high-maintenance · attention-seeking · validation-seeking · possessive
Wildly anxious or desperate
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
anguished · pleading · imploring · beseeching · begging · grasping · clutching · helpless
Less well-off
- hungrierDesiring more sustenance
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
clingy
Tending to hold on
craving · longing · anxious · attached · demanding · high-maintenance · attention-seeking · validation-seeking · possessive · jealous
frantic
Wildly anxious or desperate
distressed · anguished · pleading · imploring · beseeching · begging · grasping · clutching · helpless · powerless
poorer
Less well-off
- hungrierDesiring more sustenance
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
pushier
More forcefully demanding
- whinierMore inclined to gripe
- needing no introductionAlready famous to all
- needing one's eyes checkedRequiring an examination of sight
- needing one's head examinedActing foolishly or irrationally