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Collocations for "selfish"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "selfish" in context.

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selfish

adj

a selfish [child, sibling, student, brother, sister, husband]
is a very selfish [person, individual]
has a very selfish [personality, nature, heart]
selfish behavior
too selfish to [share, pass the ball]
has selfish [interests, desires, purposes, motives]
for selfish reasons
[naturally, fundamentally] selfish
stop being so selfish!
don't be (so) selfish
why are you always so selfish?
selfish and [greedy, inconsiderate, cruel]

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'selfish' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

aggressive - conceited - coward - dislike - gall - greed - greedy - ownership - roommate

Forum discussions with the word(s) "selfish" in the title:

a casually selfish partner - English Only forum
a society of selfish individualism - English Only forum
<a> very selfish and irresponsible behavior - English Only forum
act selfish - English Only forum
as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived - English Only forum
Be you also one of these selfish men... - English Only forum
blind him <to> how selfish he had sounded - English Only forum
Comparatives of SELFISH. Selfisher or more selfish?Etc. - English Only forum
difference between conceited selfish self-satisfied ..... - English Only forum
expression about "being selfish" - English Only forum
giving and selfish - English Only forum
Got selfish streak from - English Only forum
he seemed so selfish <in a mental way> - English Only forum
I loved you so much so was I selfish - English Only forum
I understood that <thinking> of me was not selfish - English Only forum
in a selfish and imperialistic light - English Only forum
It just makes you good at being selfish. - English Only forum
Looking for word to describe selfish but not bad? - English Only forum
men became nasty, selfish <little> horrors - English Only forum
Narrowly selfish - English Only forum
one of the least selfish players - English Only forum
ought to be segregated: justifying their own vulgarity and selfish lust - English Only forum
selfish - English Only forum
selfish / self-centred - English Only forum
selfish bich [bitch] - English Only forum
Selfish does our life make us. - English Only forum
Selfish people all / only live for - English Only forum
<selfish> vs <self-absorbed> what's the difference? - English Only forum
She is not selfish, she is weak - English Only forum
something a little less selfish - English Only forum
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