graspingness
51covetousness — n 1. desire, greed, graspingness, acquisitiveness, Sl. grabbiness, avariciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness; selfishness, self seeking, egocentricity, self interest, self indulgence; miserliness, penuriousness, parsimony, niggardliness; stinginess …
52cupidity — n 1. greed, graspingness, acquisitiveness, Sl. grabbiness, avariciousness, rapacity, rapa ciousness; selfishness, miserliness, penuriousness, parsimony, niggardliness; stinginess, meanness, close fist edness, tight fistedness, mercenariness,… …
53greed — n 1. avarice, graspingness, acquisitiveness, Sl. grabbiness, rapaciousness; selfishness, miserliness, penuriousness, parsimony, niggardliness; stinginess, meanness, closefistedness, tight fistedness; mercenariness, venality. 2. ravenousness,… …
54miserliness — n 1. stinginess, niggardliness, parsimony, penuriousness, churlishness, nearness; meanness, selfishness, tightness, tight fistedness, closefist edness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness; graspingness, avidity, avarice, avariciousness, greed, cupidity,… …
55niggardliness — n 1. parsimony, miserliness, penu riousness, meanness, churlishness, nearness; stinginess, tightness, tight fistedness, closefistedness, closeness, closehandedness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness. 2. scrimpiness, shabbiness, grudgingness, begrudg… …
56parsimony — n 1. miserliness, niggardliness, penu riousness, meanness, churlishness, nearness; stinginess, tightness, tight fistedness, closefistedness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness; graspingness, avidity, avarice, avariciousness, greed, cupidity, rapacity,… …
57rapacity — n 1. ravenousness, ravening, rapaciousness, craving, voracity, voraciousness, omniverousness. 2. avarice, avariciousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, avidity; graspingness, acquisitiveness, Inf. itching palm. 3. extortion, usury, bloodsucking,… …
58grasping — /ˈgræspɪŋ / (say grasping), /ˈgrasp / (say grahsp ) verb 1. present participle of grasp. –adjective 2. that grasps. 3. covetous, mean or greedy: *These hard, mean, grasping money grubbers! –henry handel richardson, 1917. –graspingly, adverb… …
59cupidity — [n] greed, strong desire acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, craving, eagerness, graspingness, greediness, hunger, infatuation, itching*, longing, lust, passion, possessiveness, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity,… …
60greed — [n] overwhelming desire for more acquisitiveness, avarice, avidity, covetousness, craving, cupidity, eagerness, edacity, esurience, excess, gluttony, gormandizing, graspingness, hunger, indulgence, insatiableness, intemperance, longing,… …
