Definition of Grasping
Noun
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the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
- taking hold seizing prehension -
understanding with difficulty
"the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
Adjective
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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"
avaricious covetous grabby greedy prehensile
Word games points for the Grasping
- Scrabble® score of the grasping (12)
- Word Chums® score of the grasping (16)
- Words With Friends® score of the grasping (16)
Unscramble grasping
232 unscramble word found using the letters grasping.
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