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UK
/ɡɹˈæbi/
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ADJECTIVE
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
they are avaricious and will do anything for money
grasping commercialism
a grasping old miser
greedy for money and power
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
grew richer and greedier
prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
How To Use grabby In A Sentence
- Adding to that is the fact that the song is sequenced at #3 on the album, typically a place for really grabby singles.
- We left the meeting exhausted, exhilarated, and dreaming of when we'd get our grubby, grabby mitts on some final code.
- * I have been appropriately called to task by my good friend, astute coach and NPR host, Marty Nemko, for bad mouthing the many entrepreneurs who have made this country great as "grabby" and opportunistic. Mark Goulston, M.D.: Just Listen Microsoft - An Opportunist Does Not a Visionary Make
- Some were kind of grabby, and some were just clearly eager to get married so their toilets were cleaned more often, and came across as impatient with this whole dating process (especially since I'm sure they absorbed the cultural message that a woman is flattered by having a perfect stranger want to get you in a white dress quickly). Feminist blogs
- I have felt that asking for money is grabby and materialistic and very opposed to all the qualities I am trying to imbue.
- Extrauniversal octopus minds are all grabby-blasty-tentacle, but slow to choke. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 2 - Jonathan Strahan
- Told her not to be so grabby ( v hypocritical as was secretly quite excited myself). AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
- Yesterday, everyone seemed to be stupid and grabby.
- It's full of grabby descriptions and witty, off-the-cuff dialogue.
- But I can see in her performances, interviews and general demeanour that she is still the loud, selfish, grabby person she was back then.
