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grasping

zelfstandig naamwoord

1 grasping

Understanding with difficulty.

Roget 817a: covetousness, ravenousness etc. adj.; venality, avidity, cupidity; acquisitiveness (acquisition) 775; desire etc. 865.    ... meer laten zien

2 grasping

The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).

synoniemen: prehension, seizing, taking hold.

Nederlands: bindsel

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

1 grasping

Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth:
— A grasping old miser.
— Grasping commercialism.

synoniemen: avaricious, covetous, grabby, greedy, prehensile.

Roget 817a: greedy, avaricious, covetous, acquisitive, grasping; rapacious; lickerish.    greedy as a hog; overeager; voracious; ravenous, ravenous as a wolf; openmouthed, extortionate, ... meer laten zien

Pools: chciwy, zachłanny, pazerny


Moby betekeniswoordenboek: a hog for, acquiring, acquisitive, acquisitiveness, all-devouring, all-engulfing, ambitious for self, autistic, avarice, avaricious, avariciousness, avid, avidity, avidness, bloodsucking, bottomless, careerist, clamant, clamorous, clinging ... meer laten zien.

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