12 Letter Words for Graspingness
graspingness
11 Letter Words for Graspingness
gingersnaps, raspingness, sparingness
10 Letter Words for Graspingness
engrasping, gingersnap, pingrasses, preassigns, pressgangs
9 Letter Words for Graspingness
angriness, asperging, aspersing, assigners, gaspiness, grapiness, grassings, gressings, preassign, preassing, presaging, pressgang, pressings, ranginess, raspiness, reassigns, repassing, sagginess, sprenging
8 Letter Words for Graspingness
aginners, angering, assigner, earnings, engrains, engrasps, enraging, gaspings, gassings, gearings, ginsengs, grannies, grasping, grassing, greasing, gressing, grissens, insnares, panniers, pargings, parsings, passings, persians, pingrass, pranging, preaging, preasing, pressing, priggess, prisages, raspings, reassign, searings, sensings, sergings, seringas, signages, sirgangs, snaggier, snarings, sneaping, spaeings, spairges, spanging, spanners, sparging, speaning, spearing, spersing, spinages, spinners, springes
7 Letter Words for Graspingness
aggress, aginner, agreing, angries, anserin, arsines, asepsis, aspines, aspires, aspises, aspring, assigns, earings, earning, engrain, engrasp, enrings, ensigns, erasing, gainers, gangers, gapings, gaspers, gaspier, gasping, gassers, gassier, gassing, gearing, geranin, gerning, gesning, gessing, gingers, gingras, ginners, ginseng, gipsens, graines, graisse, granges, graping, grasses, grassie, gringas, grissen, inaners, ingangs, ingress, innages, insaner, insnare, inspans, naggers, naggier, neaping, nearing, niggers, pagings, pangens, panging, panners, pannier, pansies, paresis, parging, parings, parises, parsing, passers, passing, peaning, penangs, persian, persing, pinangs, pingers, pinnage, pinners, pissers, praises, prasine, pregain, presign, prisage, prisses, raggies, ragings, ranging, rapines, rasping, reagins, reaping, regains, reginas, resigns, saggers, saggier, sangers, sannies, sanseis, sapiens, saprine, sarnies, sarsens, sasines, sassier, sassing, seaning, searing, seasing, seggars, sensing, seraing, serangs, serapis, serging, seringa, siennas, signage, signers, singers, sinners, sirgang, snagger, snaring, snipers, spaeing, spaings, spairge, spaning, spanner, sparges, sparing, spinage, spinars, spinner, spirane, spireas, spraing, sprains, sprangs, springe, springs
6 Letter Words for Graspingness
aggers, aggies, agings, anesis, angers, anises, argine, arisen, arises, arpens, arsine, arsing, aspens, aspern, aspers, aspine, aspire, assign, assise, eaning, earing, easing, eggars, enring, ensign, erning, essang, gaeing, gagers, gainer, ganger, ganges, ganner, ganser, gapers, gaping, gasper, gasser, genian, genipa, genips, ginger, ginner, gipsen, gipser, gneiss, graine, grains, graips, granes, grange, grapes, grasni, grasps, greing, greins, gringa, gripes, inaner, inanes, ingang, ingans, innage, inners, inness, insane, inspan, nagger, naggin, naging, nanger, nanpie, napier, narine, nasser, nigers, niggas, nigger, niggra, nisnas, nissan, nisses, pagers, pagine, paging, pagnes, pagris, paires, pangen, paning, panner, pannes, parens, parges, paries, parine, paring, parses, paseng, passen, passer, passes, passir, penang, pening, pennia, pennis, perais, pernis, persia, persis, pinang, pinger, pinnae, pinnas, pinner, pisang, pisser, pisses, praise, praiss, prangs, prases, raging, raines, raises, ranges, ranine, ranses, rapine, raping, raspis, rasses, reagin, regain, regian, regina, reigns, rengas, renigs, renins, repass, repins, resign, resina, resing, resins, resnap, respan, respin, rinses, ripens, sagger, sagier, saging, sangei, sanger, sanies, saning, sannie, sansei, saprin, sarges, saring, sarins, sarnie, sarsen, sasine, sasins, segars, seggar, sennas, sepian, sepias, sepsin, sepsis, serais, serang, sering, serins, sienna, sigger, signer, singan, singer, singes, sinner, sipage, sipers, sirens, siress, sirpea, snaper, snares, sneaps, sniper, snipes, spaers, spaing, spains, spanes, spangs, spares, sparge, sparse, speans, spears, speirs, speiss, spiers, spinae, spinar, spinas, spines, spirae, spiran, spirea, spires, sprags, sprain, sprang, spreng, sprigs, spring
5 Letter Words for Graspingness
aegir, aegis, aesir, agers, agger, aggie, aggri, aging, agrin, aiger, airns, anger, anise, annie, anser, apers, aping, apres, apses, apsis, areng, argin, aries, arise, arpen, arsis, aspen, asper, aspis, asses, assis, earns, eggar, engin, ennia, enpia, ensis, epris, ering, gager, gaine, gains, gairs, gange, gangs, gaper, gapes, garni, garse, gases, gasps, geans, gears, geira, geisa, genas, genin, genip, gerip, gigas, ginep, gings, girns, girse, gnars, grain, graip, grane, grans, grape, grasp, grass, grein, grens, grias, grigs, grins, gripe, grips, inane, ingan, inger, inner, insea, insep, irena, nanes, napes, nares, naris, neaps, nears, ngapi, niepa, niger, nigga, nigra, niner, nines, nipas, nisan, nisse, pager, pages, pagne, pagri, paine, pains, paire, pairs, paise, panes, pangi, pangs, panne, panse, paren, pares, parge, paris, parse, parsi, pases, pasis, passe, peags, peans, pears, penis, penna, penni, perai, peris, perns, pians, piers, pinas, piner, pines, pinge, pings, pinna, pirns, prang, prase, presa, press, pries, prigs, prine, priss, rages, raggs, ragis, raine, rains, raise, range, rapes, rasen, rasps, rasse, reais, reans, reaps, regia, regin, regna, reign, reina, reins, renga, renig, renin, repas, repin, resin, riggs, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, rises, risps, rissa, sager, sages, saine, sains, sairs, saner, sanes, sangs, sansi, sapin, sapir, sarge, sarin, sarip, saris, sasin, sasse, seans, sears, segar, segni, seirs, senas, sengi, senna, sensa, sepia, serai, serin, sessa, siena, siens, signa, signs, sines, singe, sings, siper, sipes, siren, sires, sises, snags, snape, snaps, snare, snars, sneap, snerp, snies, snigs, snipe, snips, spaer, spaes, spags, spain, spair, spane, spang, spann, spans, spare, spars, spean, spear, speir, spier, spies, spina, spine, spins, spira, spire, spise, spiss, sprag, sprig, ssing
4 Letter Words for Graspingness
agen, ager, ages, agin, agni, aine, ains, aire, airn, airs, anes, anis, anne, anni, anns, anre, ansi, aper, apes, apis, apse, areg, aren, ares, aris, arni, asin, asps, asse, assi, assn, eans, earn, ears, eggs, eira, engr, engs, eras, ergs, eria, erin, eris, erns, gaen, gaes, gags, gain, gair, gane, gang, gape, gaps, gare, garg, gari, garn, gars, gasp, gean, gear, gein, geir, gena, gens, gers, gess, gien, gies, giga, gigs, ging, ginn, gins, gire, girn, gise, gnar, gpss, gran, gras, gren, grig, grin, grip, gris, iare, iggs, inga, inne, inns, insp, ipse, iran, ires, irpe, nagi, nags, naig, nain, nais, nane, nape, naps, nare, nasi, neap, near, negs, nein, nepa, neps, ness, ngai, nies, nina, nine, nipa, nips, page, pain, pair, pais, pane, pang, pans, pare, pari, pars, pase, pasi, pass, peag, peai, pean, pear, peas, pega, pegs, peng, peni, pens, peri, pern, pers, pesa, pess, pian, pias, pien, pier, pies, pigg, pigs, pina, pine, ping, pins, pirn, pirs, pisa, pise, piss, prag, pres, prie, prig, prin, psia, psig, psis, rage, ragg, ragi, rags, rain, rais, rane, rang, rann, rape, raps, rasp, rean, reap, regs, rein, renn, reps, resp, rgen, rias, ries, riga, rigg, rigs, rine, ring, rins, ripa, ripe, rips, rise, risp, sage, sags, sain, saip, sair, sais, sane, sang, sans, saps, sare, sari, sars, sass, sean, sear, seas, segs, seir, seis, sena, sens, sepg, sepn, seps, serg, sers, sess, sian, sien, sier, sign, sina, sine, sing, sins, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, sise, siss, snag, snap, snar, snig, snip, spae, spag, span, spar, spas, spie, spig, spin, sris
3 Letter Words for Graspingness
aer, aes, age, agr, ags, ain, air, ais, ane, ann, ans, ape, apr, are, arg, arn, ars, ase, asg, asp, ass, ean, ear, eas, egg, eir, eng, ens, epa, epi, era, erg, ern, ers, esp, esr, ess, gag, gan, gap, gar, gas, gen, ger, ggr, gie, gig, gin, gis, gnp, gns, gps, gra, grs, igg, ign, ing, inn, ins, ipr, ips, ira, ire, irs, ise, isn, nae, nag, nap, nar, nas, nea, neg, nei, nep, nie, nig, nip, nis, nne, pan, par, pas, pea, peg, pen, per, pes, pia, pie, pig, pin, pir, pis, pre, prn, prs, psi, rag, rai, ran, rap, ras, rea, reg, rei, rep, res, ria, rie, rig, rin, rip, rna, rps, sag, sai, san, sap, sar, sea, seg, sei, sen, sep, ser, sie, sig, sin, sip, sir, sis, spa, sps, sri, sse, ssp
Definitions for Graspingness
[1] greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
[2] being used to grasp or tending to grasp; tenacious.
[3] to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
[4] to seize upon; hold firmly.
[5] to get hold of mentally; comprehend; understand: I don't grasp your meaning.
[6] to make an attempt to seize, or a motion of seizing, something (usually followed by at or for ): a drowning man grasping at straws; to grasp for an enemy's rifle.
[7] the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms: to make a grasp at something.
[8] a hold or grip: to have a firm grasp of a rope.
[9] one's arms or hands, in embracing or gripping: He took her in his grasp.
[10] one's power of seizing and holding; reach: to have a thing within one's grasp.
[11] hold, possession, or mastery: to wrest power from the grasp of a usurper.
[12] mental hold or capacity; power to understand.
[13] broad or thorough comprehension: a good grasp of computer programming.
[14] greedy; avaricious; rapacious
[15] to grip (something) firmly with or as if with the hands
[16] (when intr, often foll by at ) to struggle, snatch, or grope (for)
[17] (tr) to understand, esp with effort
[18] the act of grasping
[19] a grip or clasp, as of a hand
[20] the capacity to accomplish (esp in the phrase within one's grasp )
[21] total rule or possession
[22] understanding; comprehension
Words related to Graspingness
graspingpenny-pinching, mean, acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, desirous, extortionate, itchy, miserly, penurious, rapacious, selfish, stingy, tightfisted, venal, close-fisted, grabby, niggardly, prehensile
Words nearby Graspingness
graspinggrasmere, grasp, grasp (clutch) at straws, grasp at straws, grasp reflex, grasping, grass, grass box, grass carp, grass cloth, grass court
Origin of Graspingness
1350–1400; Middle English graspen, grapsen; cognate with Low German grapsen; akin to Old English gegræppian to seize (see grapple)
Other words from Graspingness
grasp·ing·ly , adverb
grasp·ing·ness , noun
o·ver·grasp·ing , adjective
un·grasp·ing , adjective
grasp·a·ble , adjective
grasp·er , noun
grasp·less , adjective
re·grasp , verb (used with object)
un·grasp·a·ble , adjective
un·grasped , adjective
Word origin for Graspingness
C14: from Low German grapsen; related to Old English græppian to seize, Old Norse grāpa to steal
Synonyms for Graspingness
acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, craving, eagerness, greediness, hunger, infatuation, itching, longing, lust, passion, possessiveness, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, yearning
