grabbier
More prone to snatching
Grabbier is the comparative form of grabby—more inclined to grab or snatch at things.
A toddler gets grabbier when tired.
The word extends to aggressive acquisition: The company's gotten grabbier about intellectual property lately.
Someone grabbier than others is more grasping, whether physically or figuratively.
Holding tightly onto
- franticWildly anxious or desperate
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- clingingGripping without release
- snatchingSeizing quickly, abruptly
panicked · frenzied · needy · eager · impatient · reaching · lunging · scrambling
Tending to hold on
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- jealousResentful of others' advantages
- controllingExerting authority over others
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
monopolizing · withholding · protective · exclusive · proprietary · entitled · mine · ownership
Greedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- avariciousExcessively desirous of wealth
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
hoarding · materialistic · mercenary · money-grubbing · gold-digging · money-hungry · profiteering · exploitative
Exerting strong pressure
- pushyUnpleasantly forceful in manner
- assertiveConfidently self-assured
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
- coerciveUsing pressure to compel
intimidating · hostile · confrontational · belligerent · combative · invasive · predatory · territorial
clutching
Holding tightly onto
snatching · panicked · frenzied · needy · eager · impatient · reaching · lunging · scrambling · flailing
clingy
Tending to hold on
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- jealousResentful of others' advantages
- controllingExerting authority over others
domineering · monopolizing · withholding · protective · exclusive · proprietary · entitled · mine · ownership · obsessive
grasping
Greedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- avariciousExcessively desirous of wealth
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
rapacious · hoarding · materialistic · mercenary · money-grubbing · gold-digging · money-hungry · profiteering · exploitative · consumerist
forceful
Exerting strong pressure
- pushyUnpleasantly forceful in manner
- assertiveConfidently self-assured
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
coercive · intimidating · hostile · confrontational · belligerent · combative · invasive · predatory · territorial · snatching
- grabbing some ZsSlumbering briefly
- grabbing hold
- attention grabbingCompelling notice or focus
- grabbing atAttempting to seize
- headline grabbingAttracting media coverage
- land grabbingForcible acquisition of territory