grabby

[ UK /ɡɹˈæbi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
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How To Use grabby In A Sentence

  • This was supposed to be a caring decade in reaction to the grabby, selfish Eighties, but in fact it was the period when spin, gloss and make-over became words of excited approval, and led us to where we are today.
  • The reason is that indium freezes at 23 degrees, just above the point where snow becomes "grabby," as engineer Scott Barbieri says. Science Of Speed
  • Adding to that is the fact that the song is sequenced at #3 on the album, typically a place for really grabby singles.
  • The pace and tone of a newspaper must be set by lively graphics, grabby photos and imaginative use of type.
  • Seven weekly dictators grind us down with their controlling, grabby personalities.
  • I still think it's a good story, but I don't think it's "grabby" enough for a mainstream mag. In the mail
  • We all get more and more grabby and increasing numbers of people want a piece of it.
  • It's vivid, refulgent work from set designer David Rockwell and lighting designer Kenneth Posner, and a perfect introduction to a charging score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman that starts out bold and grabby and never lets up.
  • And I eat with one hand while the other hand blocks grabby hands, or shoves morsels into the kids gaping maw, or grabs silverware back, or retrieves things off the floor, or moves breakables out of harms way, or shakes a rattle, or wipes a dribbling chin. 10 Things To Do Before You Become A Parent | Her Bad Mother
  • This uncertainty continues across to a grabby adjacent image of a huge, overpowdered, ageing face, smiling behind a veil, encountered on Fifth Avenue.
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