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   Am·bi·tious

   /amˈbiSHəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed: "his mother was hard-working and ambitious for her four children" Similar aspiringdeterminedforcefulpushyenterprisingpioneeringprogressiveeagermotivateddrivenenthusiasticenergeticzealouscommittedgo-aheadgo-gettingpurposefulassertiveaggressivehungrypower-hungryinformal:on the makeeagerdeterminedenthusiasticdesirousanxioushungryimpatientstrivingyearninglongingwishingitchingdyinghopingavidhankeringintent oninformal:raringOpposite unambitiouslazy
   • ▪ (of a plan or piece of work) intended to satisfy high aspirations and therefore difficult to achieve: "an ambitious enterprise" Similar difficultexactingdemandingformidablechallenginghardarduousoneroustoughstiffstrenuousboldgrandioseextravagantmonumentalinformal:killinghellishknackeringarchaic:toilsomeOpposite unambitiouseasymodest

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French ambitieux or Latin ambitiosus, from ambitio (see ambition).

   Derivatives

   • 1. ambitiousness noun

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