money-grubbing
adjective
informaldisapproving(alsomoney grubbing)uk/ˈmʌn.iˌɡrʌb.ɪŋ/us/ˈmʌn.iˌɡrʌb.ɪŋ/(also mainlyUKmoney-grabbing,money grabbing)Someone who is money-grubbing hasmoneyastheirmaininterestand does anythingpossibleto get a lot of it:
财迷的，贪财的The over-charging money-grubbinglandlordshavetarnishedourindustry.
Somemoneygrubbinglawyerhad himsuinghisneighbour.
Trusts wereoncethepreserveofwealthyVictorianfatherswhowantedtoprotectassetsfromtheirdaughters' money-grabbingsuitors.
wanting more of something than you need
- greedyI've never met anyone so greedy for power.
- avariciousHe acquired his wealth by being an avaricious, unscrupulous businessman.
- rapaciousHe's a rapacious lawyer who will stop at nothing to win a case.
- acquisitiveShe was ruthlessly acquisitive and often bought expensive items just to keep others from owning them.
- graspingShe's a selfish, grasping old woman.
- Money-grubbingpoliticiansarestartingtofeeltheheat.
- Heprovesto be a morecomplexcharacterthan the money-grubbingbullyhe firstappears.
- Despite what you mightthink, they are notmoneygrubbingandsolelyfocusedonmoney.
- Thebankshaveattractedmuchopprobriumrecentlyfortheirmoney-grubbingways.
Greedy
- avarice
- avaricious
- avariciously
- consumerism
- grabby
- grasping
- greed
- greedily
- greediness
- Mammon
- materialism
- materialist
- materialistic
- money grabber
- rapaciousness
- rapacity
- ravenous
- ravenously
- someone'seyes are bigger thantheirbelly/stomachidiom
- trougher
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money-grubbing
noun[U]
informaldisapproving(alsomoney grubbing)uk/ˈmʌn.iˌɡrʌb.ɪŋ/us/ˈmʌn.iˌɡrʌb.ɪŋ/(also mainlyUKmoney-grabbing,money grabbing)thebehaviourof someone who hasmoneyastheirmaininterestand does anythingpossibleto get a lot of it:
Profit isdeeplyrootedin theworldofbusinessand too oftenassociatedwith money-grubbing andgreed.
Therealmoneygrubbingis done by thepromoterswhorequirehugecutsfrom theticketprices.
Heaccusedtheauthorof money-grabbing.
- All thescheming,posturing,speechifying, and money-grubbing in theworldcan'thelpthem.
- An undereducated andunsophisticatedpopulationwas,accordingtopopularperceptions, untainted withcorruptionandmoneygrubbing.
- Thecountryhas had enough of the back-stabbing andmoneygrabbing.
Greedy
- avarice
- avaricious
- avariciously
- consumerism
- grabby
- grasping
- greed
- greedily
- greediness
- Mammon
- materialism
- materialist
- materialistic
- money grabber
- rapaciousness
- rapacity
- ravenous
- ravenously
- someone'seyes are bigger thantheirbelly/stomachidiom
- trougher
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Mean with money