Meanings
comparative more grasping · superlative most grasping
- 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.
1990, Robert Fagles, transl., The Iliad
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of grasp
plural graspings
- 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.
2009, Jed McKenna, Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveimmoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
nounthe act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek πλεονέκτης
- πλεονέκτης (pleonéktēs)greedy, eager for wealth
Bulgarian алчен, ненаситен
- алчен (alčen)greedy, eager for wealth
- ненаситен (nenasiten)greedy, eager for wealth
German gierig
- gieriggreedy, eager for wealth
Greek αρπακτικός, πλεονέκτης
- αρπακτικός (arpaktikós)greedy, eager for wealth
- πλεονέκτης (pleonéktis)greedy, eager for wealth
Irish santach
- santachgreedy, eager for wealth
Māori touapo
- touapogreedy, eager for wealth
Polish łapczywy, pazerny
- łapczywygreedy, eager for wealth
- pazernygreedy, eager for wealth
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Cite this entry
grasping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grasping
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