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1. (adj.) grasping
greedy; avaricious.
Etymology: (1540–50)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) grasping
understanding with difficulty
"the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
2. (adj) grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
3. (adj) avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Grasping
seizing; embracing; catching
2. (adj) Grasping
avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man
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Sense: greedy (especially for money)
a grasping old man.
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 Afrikaans: grypsugtige, inhalige |
 Arabic: جَشِع، طَمّاع |
 Bulgarian: алчен |
 Brazilian: ganancioso |
 Czech: lakomý |
 German: habgierig |
 Danish: grisk |
 Greek: άπληστος, φιλάργυρος |
 Spanish: avaricioso, codicioso, av |
 Estonian: ahne |
 Farsi: حریص |
 Finnish: ahne |
 French: avare |
 Hebrew: חַמדָן |
 Hindi: पकड़ने वाला, लालची |
 Croatian: pohlepan |
 Hungarian: kapzsi |
 Indonesian: serakah |
 Icelandic: ágjarn, gráðugur |
 Italian: avido |
 Japanese: 欲深い |
 Korean: 탐욕스런 |
 Lithuanian: godus, gobšus |
 Latvian: mantkārīgs; alkatīgs |
 Malay: tamak |
 Dutch: inhalig, hebzuchtig |
 Norwegian: grådig, grisk, begjærlig |
 Polish: zachłanny |
 Persian: حریص |
 Pashto: سراښ، حريص |
 Portuguese: ganancioso |
 Romanian: hrăpăreţ, lacom |
 Russian: алчный |
 Slovak: lakomý |
 Slovenian: grabežljiv |
 Serbian: nezasit |
 Swedish: sniken, girig |
 Thai: โลภ |
 Turkish: açgözlü, gözü doymaz |
 Taiwanese: 貪婪的 |
 Ukrainian: жадібний, скупий |
 Urdu: لالچی |
 Vietnamese: tham lam |
 Chinese: 贪婪的 |
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