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[ gras-ping, grahs- ] / ˈgræs pɪŋ, ˈgrɑs- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR grasping ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegreedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man. being used to grasp or tending to grasp; tenacious. Origin of graspingFirst recorded in 1540–50; grasp + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR grasping1 covetous, selfish, acquisitive, venal. SEE SYNONYMS FOR grasping ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM graspinggrasp·ing·ly, adverbgrasp·ing·ness, nouno·ver·grasp·ing, adjectiveun·grasp·ing, adjectiveWords nearby graspingGRAS, Grasmere, grasp, grasp at straws, grasp (clutch) at straws, grasping, grasp reflex, grass, grass box, grass carp, grass cloth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for graspingBut there is a big twist in this story that has left both Grace Castro and Lozoya frustrated and grasping for more answers. An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST After a first go through, they appear to be grasping for what to do next. Westgate's Chilling Security Video Reveals Shopping Mall Bloodbath|Nina Strochlic|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST And that is the key to grasping how we Americans can and cannot take him seriously as a would-be political messiah. Russell Brand: Not Quite a Messiah|James Poulos|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Grasping ambition, we suddenly wondered, might not be the province of plaintiffs alone. Supersize Me, Your Honor: Liebeck v. McDonald’s and Our Era of Ambition|James Poulos|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All have failed at grasping its themes, ironies, and allusions. The Great Gatsby, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Is a Relentless Assault on the Senses|Marlow Stern|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST The writer is unable to explain particular passages in any precise manner, and he is equally incapable of grasping the whole. Grasping the arms of her chair with both hands, her eyes fixed eagerly on his face, Lucretia Dalibard awaited the welcome visitor. Lucretia, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton For sinful men in the miry pit the rope is already let down, and their grasping it is the same act as the psalmist's cry. The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III|Alexander Maclaren The grasping home makes the pugnacious disturber of the public peace. Religious Education in the Family|Henry F. Cope "I'm mighty glad to hear it, and I congratulate you," exclaimed Ralph, jumping up and grasping Ivan by the hand. The Mission of Poubalov|Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) Burton
British Dictionary definitions for grasping
adjectivegreedy; avaricious; rapacious Derived forms of graspinggraspingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to graspingpenny-pinching, mean, extorting, acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, desirous, extortionate, itchy, miserly, penurious, rapacious, selfish, stingy, tightfisted, venal, close-fisted, grabby, niggardly |