OVERAMBITIOUS

Meaning of OVERAMBITIOUS in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective

: excessively ambitious

a mother overambitious for her precocious child

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

OVERAMBITIOUS — adj.; overambitiously , adv.; overambitiousness , n.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVERAMBITIOUS — adj. excessively ambitious
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OVERAMBITIOUS — ■ adjective excessively ambitious. Derivatives overambition noun ~ly adverb
Concise Oxford English vocab
OVERAMBITIOUS — overambitious BrE AmE ˌəʊv ə r æm ˈbɪʃ əs ◂ AmE \ ˌoʊv ə r- ▷ overambitious|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OVERAMBITIOUS — / ˌəʊvəræmˈbɪʃəs; NAmE ˌoʊ-/ adjective 1. ( of a person ) too determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc. 2. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVERAMBITIOUS — adj. excessively ambitious. øøoverambition n. overambitiously adv.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVERAMBITIOUS — adj. excessively ambitious. overambition n. overambitiously adv.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVERAMBITIOUS — adj. excessively ambitious. Derivatives: overambition n. overambitiously adv.
Oxford English vocab
OVERAMBITIOUS — Synonyms and related words : at fever pitch, delirious, fanatical, febrile, feverish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hysteric, infatuated, insane, …
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ADVENTUROUS — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ch(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin ad- ) of Middle English aventurous, from Middle French aventureos, from aventure adventure …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVERREACHER — n. someone or something which overreaches; overambitious person
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OVER- — ■ prefix 1》 excessively: overambitious. ↘completely: overjoyed. 2》 upper; outer; extra: overcoat. ↘over; above: overcast.
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GRANDIOSE — Synonyms and related words : Babylonian, Corinthian, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, ambitious, august, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, bedizened, big-sounding, bombastic, convoluted, cosmic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AMBITIOUS — Synonyms and related words : adventuresome, adventurous, aggressive, anxious, aspiring, audacious, avaricious, avid, bold, careerist, careeristic, chimerical, classy, daring, driving, …
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PRETENTIOUS — adj. 25B6; adjective AFFECTED, ostentatious, showy; overambitious, pompous, artificial, inflated, overblown, high-sounding, flowery, grandiose, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, ornate, grandiloquent, magniloquent; …
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GRANDIOSE — adj. 25B6; adjective the court's grandiose facade : MAGNIFICENT, impressive, grand, imposing, awe-inspiring, splendid, resplendent, majestic, glorious, elaborate; palatial, stately, …
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GRANDIOSE — adj. 1 pretentious, ostentatious, showy, flamboyant, bombastic, histrionic, extravagant, pompous, fustian, high-flown, high-flying, overambitious, overdone, over-dramatic, melodramatic, Ossianic, inflated, affected, …
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AMBITIOUS — adj. 1 aspiring, hopeful; enthusiastic My son, I am just as ambitious for you as you are for yourself 2 …
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