need
— Verb
– English
~ require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
need
— Verb
– English
~ have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"
neediness
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree; "he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it"
neediness
— Noun
– English
~ a state of extreme poverty