moneygrubbing
Obsessed with wealth
Moneygrubbing describes an excessive, often undignified pursuit of money.
The term is derogatory, suggesting someone willing to sacrifice principles or dignity for financial gain: a moneygrubbing landlord who never fixed anything.
A moneygrubber is the person; moneygrubbing is the activity or the adjective describing it.
Excessively wanting more
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
hoarding · miserly · stingy · tightfisted · penny-pinching · parsimonious · mercenary · avaricious
Focused on acquiring goods
- wealth-obsessedFixated on accumulating riches
- status-seekingPursuing higher position
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- gold-diggingPursuing partners for money
ostentatious · showy · bling · bourgeois · shallow · superficial · mammonism · plutocratic
Unfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- opportunisticExploiting circumstances for gain
- unscrupulousLacking moral principles
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- cutthroatViciously competitive or murderous
rent-seeking · swindling · fleecing · bilking · gouging · hustling · scheming · conniving
greedy
Excessively wanting more
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
rapacious · hoarding · miserly · stingy · tightfisted · penny-pinching · parsimonious · mercenary · avaricious · insatiable
consumerist
Focused on acquiring goods
- wealth-obsessedFixated on accumulating riches
- status-seekingPursuing higher position
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
gold-digging · ostentatious · showy · bling · bourgeois · shallow · superficial · mammonism · plutocratic
exploitative
Unfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- opportunisticExploiting circumstances for gain
- unscrupulousLacking moral principles
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
cutthroat · rent-seeking · swindling · fleecing · bilking · gouging · hustling · scheming · conniving · corrupt
moneygrubbinggenerous
Willing to give freely
magnanimous · philanthropic · munificent · openhanded · charitable
moneygrubbingprincipled
Having strong moral beliefs
high-minded · idealistic · incorruptible · honorable · noble
moneygrubbingascetic
One who renounces indulgence
unworldly · nonmaterialistic · spartan · monastic · otherworldly
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