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Grabby

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Adjective

1. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Grabby

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adjective -bier or -biest
1. 
greedy or selfish
2. 
direct, stimulating, or attention-grabbing
grabbier opening paragraphs

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Grabby

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈgrabbier or ˈgrabbiest
Informal
grasping; avaricious

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Grabby

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adj. grab·bi·er, grab·bi·est
Informal
1. Acquisitive or greedy.
2. Attracting attention; striking: "Many critics charge, however, that these new resources are being used ... to attract viewers, using grabby images and exotic locales" (Alan Bunce).

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