Desire
Desire noun - A strong wish for something.
Graspingness and desire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Graspingness" instead a noun "Desire".
Graspingness
Graspingness noun - An intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions.
Usage example: that period of the 19th century when the graspingness of the robber barons knew no bounds is often called the Gilded Age
Desire and graspingness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desire" instead a noun "Graspingness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- eagerness and desire
- eagerness and graspingness
- passion and desire
- passion and graspingness
- infatuation and desire
- infatuation and graspingness
- craving and desire
- craving and graspingness
- longing and desire
- longing and graspingness
- appetite and desire
- appetite and graspingness
- lust and desire
- lust and graspingness
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