I need a word for a person who excessively asks for favors without realizing/caring about much they are asking for?

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For example, the book "If you give a mouse a cookie, it will ask for milk."

Or another example would be a person who asks you to watch their cat for free and is thankless about it. Then, proceeds to ask a month later for you to watch their cat for a whole week for free.

Is there a word to describe this person? All I can think of is "favor-greedy".

Since you've tagged this as a single word request, you should include a sample sentence demonstrating how the word would be used. — KillingTime, Sep 14 '22 at 16:37
I think this is pretty thoroughly covered by the existing question (though all the words there can be used for people who aren't ignorant and rather know and don't care that they're taking advantage of someone). — Laurel, Sep 14 '22 at 16:52
If you give a mouse a cookie, it will ask for milk doesn't sound very "English" to me. What we say is If you give him an inch, he'll take a mile. But that turn of phrase isn't mentioned anywhere on the linked "duplicate" page. — FumbleFingers, Sep 14 '22 at 18:11
It is the name of a children's book, not an English proverb, and it is more like the Animal Farm scenario. — Weather Vane, Sep 14 '22 at 18:42
"Entitled" is often used in such a context, even though it includes other behaviors/thoughts. — Esther, Sep 14 '22 at 20:05
Funny how nobody ever shows up here asking for our help in saying something *nice* about somebody else. Instead it's always about saying horrible things about something we disapprove of, even though this has never required fancy words to sting the worst. — tchrist, Dec 16 '23 at 04:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '22 at 19:11

I think that bloodsucker best describes it.

Like an insect or other animal that sucks blood.

You can see the usage here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodsucker

Our landlord, the bloodsucker, just raised our rent again.

Another option could be exploiter - it's closer to the "favor-greedy" meaning.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '22 at 13:10

Moocher one who exploits the generosity of others : a person who mooches off others

Parasite someone or something that resembles a biological parasite in living off of, being dependent on, or exploiting another while giving little or nothing in return

Deadbeat one who persistently fails to pay personal debts or expenses

Bloodsucker and Exploiter have been mentioned by @SeReGa

bob · Answer 3 · 2022-09-17T13:33:30.577

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as mentioned above, moocher is the best

also about the saying mentioned above, "give him an inch...", I prefer, "you'll give him a hand, and he'll take your whole arm".

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answered Sep 17 '22 at 13:31

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If you agree with another answer there's no need to post the same thing as an additional answer. – KillingTime Sep 17 '22 at 13:32

I need a word for a person who excessively asks for favors without realizing/caring about much they are asking for?

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