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Spell Bee Word: Selfish


Basic Details

Word: Selfish

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Thinking only about yourself and what you want, and not caring about other people.

Synonyms: greedy, self-centred

Antonyms: generous, kind, unselfish

How to Spell Selfish

Syllables: sel - fish

Tricky part: Selfish is self + ish. Children sometimes write selfesh or drop the i and write selfsh.

Watch out for: selfesh, selfsh, selfich

Memory tip: A selfish person thinks only of his own self, so write self first and then ish.

Usage Examples

Example 1: It was selfish of Aman to eat all the laddoos.

Example 2: Don't be selfish; let your sister have a turn on the swing.

Example 3: The selfish king kept all the grain for himself.

Fun Fact

In Oscar Wilde's story The Selfish Giant, winter never leaves a giant's garden while he keeps the children out.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

selfish

a) mean
b) stingy
c) generous
d) greedy

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c) generous. A generous person shares, the very opposite of a selfish one.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

self

a) ich
b) esh
c) iss
d) ish

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d) ish. Self + ish describes someone who thinks of self first; ish is the ending in childish too.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hsiflse

a) selfihs
b) selifsh
c) selfish
d) slefish

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c) selfish. Find self first; the leftover letters make ish.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which action is selfish?

a) helping a friend
b) waiting your turn
c) sharing your lunch
d) keeping all the crayons to yourself

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d) keeping all the crayons to yourself

2. A selfish person mostly thinks about ____.

a) his teachers
b) himself
c) the poor
d) the weather

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b) himself

Associated Words

backboneaffordsensitiveindifferencechallenging
barleyscattertransparentjoyfulnessluxury

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