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Showing an unwillingness to share one's possessions

Jealous or protective of one's partner or possessions

Feeling or showing a resentful suspicion that one's partner is attracted to or involved with someone else

Stubborn or persistent in nature

Envious or desirous of something belonging to someone else

(of a person) Making others work hard or meet high standards

Overly attached to, or possessive of, someone

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Adjective

Showing an unwillingness to share one's possessions

money-orientated

object-oriented

money-conscious

money motivated

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“My in-laws enraged me because I was unjust, possessive and ungenerous. But gradually, I became aware that my own nastiness was readily matched by others where in-laws were concerned.”

Adjective

Jealous or protective of one's partner or possessions

over-possessive

apprehensive of rivals

“She is much more concerned with leading an autonomous life, a fact that also prompts her to end the relationship with her possessive boyfriend.”

Adjective

Feeling or showing a resentful suspicion that one's partner is attracted to or involved with someone else

Adjective

Stubborn or persistent in nature

meaning business

self-opinionated

full of determination

bound and determined

stubborn as a mule

set in one's ways

dyed-in-the-wool

as game as Ned Kelly

stop at nothing

unaccommodating

not giving an inch

single-minded about

obsessive about

inflexible about

fanatical about

in for long haul

uncompassionate

unimpressionable

action-oriented

nose to grindstone

tough nut to crack

proof against persuasion

committed to the idea of

tall in the saddle

on one's mettle

keen as mustard

through-and-through

sticking to one's guns

set in concrete

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

intensely competitive

fiercely competitive

having killer instinct

like a ball of fire

desiring success

bred-in-the-bone

rolling with punches

quick to recover

difficult to keep down

quick to bounce back

playing hard ball

be out for blood

nose to the grindstone

unchallengeable

tried and tested

through and through

standing one's ground

free from doubt

long-established

pulling no punches

well-constructed

well established

firmly established

well-established

set in your ways

insistent about

going for broke

meaning what one says

not discouraged

as keen as mustard

true to the end

hold your ground

not backward in coming forward

tough as old boots

as thick as thieves

closely controlled

strictly controlled

rigidly enforced

as tough as old boots

on the up and up

high-principled

on an even keel

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Adjective

Envious or desirous of something belonging to someone else

Adjective

(of a person) Making others work hard or meet high standards

unaccommodating

high-maintenance

hard to satisfy

over-censorious

over-particular

pass-remarkable

overly solicitous

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Adjective

Overly attached to, or possessive of, someone

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