grasping

/ˈɡɹæspɪŋ/

adj 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

alive, avaricious, essential, far, hard, inert, most, specific

VERB + GRASPING

field, hand, time

GRASPING + NOUN

balls, concept, idea, man, perspectives, pistol, straws, women's

ADV.

away, firmly

Definitions

adj

Greedy, eager for wealth.

Just how, Agamemnon, great field marshal . . . most grasping man alive, how can the generous Argives give you prizes now? I know of no troves of treasure, piled, lying idle, anywhere.

noun

The act of one who grasps or covets.

These are my connections, my attachments. Maybe all I really am is the sum of all these connections, these fearful longings and graspings.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the

seizing
prehension

adjective — immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

avaricious
covetous
grabby
greedy
prehensile

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Just how, Agamemnon, great field marshal . . . most grasping man alive, how can the generous Argives give you prizes now? I know of no troves of treasure, piled, lying idle, anywhere.

Wiktionary

These are my connections, my attachments. Maybe all I really am is the sum of all these connections, these fearful longings and graspings.

Wiktionary

I sprang to my feet, my inert hand grasping my pistol, my mind paralyzed by the dreadful shape which had sprung out upon us from the shadows of the fog.

Tatoeba · #6620773

You're grasping at straws.

Tatoeba · #9025514

Did you ever hear that my father was an avaricious, grasping man?

Tatoeba · #10017435

Most of us have a hard time grasping how far away the moon is.

Tatoeba · #10367068

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