açgözlü, haris, tamahkâr

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Türkçe - İngilizce
{s} grasping
Present participle of grasp
Seizing; embracing; catching
Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man
Eager for money; greedy
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"
Present participle of to grasp
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings
{s} greedy, avaricious
understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"
disapproval If you describe someone as grasping, you are criticizing them for wanting to get and keep as much money as possible, and for being unwilling to spend it. a greedy grasping drug-ridden individual. too eager to get money and unwilling to give any of it away or spend it
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands