grabby

grab·by

G0211700 (grăb′ē)adj. grab·bi·er, grab·bi·est Informal 1. Acquisitive or greedy.2. Attracting attention; striking: "Many critics charge, however, that these new resources are being used ... to attract viewers, using grabby images and exotic locales" (Alan Bunce).

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grab′bi·ness n.

grabby

(ˈɡræbɪ) adj, -bier or -biest1. greedy or selfish2. direct, stimulating, or attention-grabbing: grabbier opening paragraphs.

grab•by

(ˈgræb i)

adj. -bi•er, -bi•est. 1. grasping; greedy. 2. Informal. provoking immediate attention. 3. tending to grab or adhere.

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Adj.

1.

grabby - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"avaricious, grasping, greedy, covetous, prehensileacquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"

grabby

adjectiveInformal. Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity:acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, grasping, greedy, hungry.

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