açgözlü, haris, tamahkâr

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von açgözlü, haris, tamahkâr im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

{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

Silbentrennung

aç·göz·lü, ha·ris, ta·mahk·âr