Results for selfish

Definitions of selfish:

part of speech: adjective

Putting one's own wishes and advantage first; centered in self.

part of speech: noun

Selfishness.

part of speech: adjective

Chiefly or wholly regarding one's own self: void of regard to others.

part of speech: adjective

Having chiefly or solely a view to one's own interest; influenced in actions from motives of private advantage; without regard for others.

part of speech: adverb

Selfishly.

Usage examples for selfish:

• How easy- and how selfish "The Judgment House", Gilbert Parker

• It struck me cold, I looked away- and suddenly I realized what a selfish little beast I was, beside this woman who loved me so and whom I was now leaving. "The Harbor", Ernest Poole

• Yet I suppose I was selfish wasn't I? "Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete", Gilbert Parker

• I've always considered him very selfish I confess; but women seem to fall in love with selfish men. "Franklin Kane", Anne Douglas Sedgwick