emulous

/'emjuləs/

Thân thiện

She felt emulous of her friend's artistic talent and practiced drawing every day.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Eager to surpass others: Having a strong desire to equal or excel others, often through competition or imitation.
   • Characterized by or arising from emulation: Resulting from or showing a desire to match or imitate the achievements of another, typically out of admiration.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The emulous student studied late every night, determined to have the highest grades in the class.
  • An emulous spirit drove the young athlete to train harder than his rivals.

Advanced Usage

• "emulous of": This prepositional phrase is commonly used to specify the person or quality one seeks to equal or surpass.
  • She was emulous of her mentor's success and worked tirelessly to achieve similar results.

Variants and Related Words

• Emulously (adverb): In an emulous manner.
  • The teams competed emulously for the championship trophy.
• Emulation (noun): The effort or desire to equal or surpass another.
  • His success was driven by a spirit of emulation.

Synonyms

• Competitive: Having a strong desire to win or be more successful than others.
• Aspiring: Directing one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something.
• Rivalrous: Inclined to compete or strive for superiority.

Antonyms

• Unambitious: Not having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed.
• Indifferent: Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To be bitten by the emulous bug: To become suddenly and strongly desirous of competing with or surpassing others. (Note: This is a less common, constructed phrase to illustrate the concept.)
  • After seeing her colleague's promotion, she was bitten by the emulous bug and redoubled her efforts.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. eager to surpass others
2. characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation

Từ đồng nghĩa

• rivalrous