Word Meanings - SELF-INTERESTED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.
Related words: (words related to SELF-INTERESTED)
- INTERESTED
1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness. - PARTICULARLY
1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly. 2. In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. The exact propriety of Virgil - CONCERNEDLY
In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically. - INTERESTINGNESS
The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith. - CONCERNING
Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards. I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21. The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29. - CONCERNED
Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend. - INTEREST
1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. To love our native country . . . to be interested in - INTERESTEDNESS
The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. Richardson. - INTERESTINGLY
In an interesting manner. - INTERESTING
Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. Cowper. - HAPPINESS
1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak. 2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that - CONCERN
fr. L. concernere to mix or mingle together, as in a sieve for separating; con- + cernere to separate, sift, distinguish by the 1. To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. - DISINTERESTING
Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton. - UNCONCERNMENT
The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South. - UNINTERESTED
1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration. - INCONCERNING
Unimportant; trifling. "Trifling and inconcerning matters." Fuller. - SELF-INTERESTED
Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness. - DISINTEREST
Disinterested. The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor. - BY-INTEREST
Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury. - UNCONCERN
Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference. A listless unconcern, Cold, and averting from our neighbor's good. Thomson. - UNCONCERNED
Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ness, n. Happy mortals, unconcerned - DISINTERESTED
Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing. - DISINTERESTEDNESS
The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.