Synonyms for ambitiousness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : am-bish-uhs |
Phonetic Transcription : æmˈbɪʃ əs |
Définition of ambitiousness
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin ambitiosus "going around to canvass for office," from ambitio (see ambition). Related: Ambitiously.
- noun ambition
- Well, I don't want to discourage your ambitiousness, but I guess you've struck Kilo about the worst time in the century.
- Extract from : « Kilo » by Ellis Parker Butler
- Nevertheless the lad wondered at the size and ambitiousness of this undertaking and accomplishment in the wilderness.
- Extract from : « The Secret Cache » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
- But on top av my ambitiousness there was an empty place in my sowl, an' me own opinion av mesilf cud not fill ut.
- Extract from : « Soldier Stories » by Rudyard Kipling
- Ambitiousness in those olden days showed itself in momentary outburst; the ambitiousness of to-day runs riot.
- Extract from : « The Wisdom of Confucius » by Epiphanius Wilson
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