moneygrubbing

adjective

Definition of moneygrubbingnext
as in greedy
having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions a bitter, moneygrubbing miser

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  1. greedy
  2. mercenary
  3. avaricious
  4. eager
Adjective
  • The family drama comedy follows a Gen Z content creator who returns to her ancestral home for viral content, only to encounter her deceased brother’s ghost and deal with greedy relatives.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Along that greedy path, he has been sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission three separate times.
    — DP Opinion, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of greedy
Adjective
  • The prominent credit-card swiper offers 15 minutes for the high price of $15, and the show follows up on the Gemstones’ mercenary shamelessness later when someone working the telethon phone bank asks for a donor’s routing number.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Vladimir Putin has relied on mercenary and convict soldiers, combined with lavish bonuses for poor Russians who volunteer to try their luck against killer Ukrainian robots on the steppe.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of mercenary
Adjective
  • This nation state, my home, is built on a quagmire of lies sold to the young as truths; sold to the insecure as truths; sold by the avaricious, the power-hungry, the conceited, the overwhelmingly white and male.
    — Christine Winter, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Pearce plays Van Buren as hungry and avaricious even in his kinder moments, a man of immense wealth whose primary desire is to own more and more.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of avaricious
Adjective
  • The test kitchen concept is one that Milo's is eager to share with the community and their biggest fans.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The fictional couple’s dynamic was one of the most compelling elements of the original series, and fans will be eager to see how their story unfolds in the new chapter.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of eager
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“Moneygrubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moneygrubbing. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.

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