grasping

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: taking holdseizingprehensionavariciouscovetousgrabbygreedyprehensile

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. understanding with difficulty“the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings”
  2. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)Synonyms: taking holdseizingprehension

Adjective (1)

  1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth“they are avaricious and will do anything for money”“casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields”“a grasping old miser”“grasping commercialism”“greedy for money and power”“grew richer and greedier”“prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees”Synonyms: avariciouscovetousgrabbygreedyprehensile
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a.

1.Seizing; embracing; catching. [1913 Webster]

2.Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- Grasp"ing*ly, adv. -- Grasp"ing*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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