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windigo

windigo

9.9
A person or company that takes too much and harms others
  • noun
  • Offensive
translation icon : [ofensivo] wendigo
  • His windigo behavior led him to hoard all the supplies while others went hungry.

Examples

  • But from a certain Chippewa angle, the church's evangelical mission has veiled its own windigo desire to murder a culture in order to scavenge its heart.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The company's windigo practices drained the environment without a second thought for future generations.

  • Seeing her neighbor's windigo attitude, refusing to share even a little food during the crisis, left everyone feeling frustrated.

Synonyms

wolf
vswindigo
  • Offensive
102 8.5

A person who uses others to get money or power

is destructive and consumes resources rather than only using aggression
vulture
vswindigo
  • Offensive
52 8.0

A person who takes advantage of others' bad situations to make money

targets broad consumption and harm rather than only profiting from misfortune
hog
vswindigo
  • Offensive
30 4.1

A selfish person who takes more than their fair share

consumes resources or profits widely and causes destructive loss
user
vswindigo
  • Offensive
19 8.4

A person who takes advantage of others for their own benefit

focuses on wide consumption and resource destruction, not only personal manipulation
wendigo
vswindigo
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who wants more money or things than they need

focuses on consuming resources and profits destructively without regard for others
bastardly gullion
vswindigo
  • Offensive
9.9

A mean, dishonest person who takes more than they should

is more about consuming without care rather than deceit or gluttony

Antonyms

generous
79 1.2

Willing to forgive small mistakes and not be strict

selfless
72 3.2

Caring more about other people's needs than your own

Surface Forms

windigo singular
windigos plural

Etymology

Windigo can mean a very greedy or destructive person, and this sense comes from the monster that 'devours' people and things. So when someone is called a windigo, it says they 'eat up' resources or profits without care for other people.