English adjective: grabby | |||
| 1. | grabby immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | ||
| Samples | 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 | avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, prehensile | ||
| Similar | acquisitive | ||
| Antonyms | unacquisitive | ||