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101competitive — [adj] willing to oppose aggressive, ambitious, antagonistic, at odds, combative, competing, cutthroat, dog eat dog*, emulous, killer*, killer instinct*, opposing, rival, streetwise, vying; concept 542 Ant. noncompetitive, unambitious …
102imitative — [adj] simulated, unoriginal artful, copied, copycat, copying, counterfeit, deceptive, derivative, echoic, emulative, emulous, following, forged, mimetic, mimic, mimicking, mock, onomatopoeic, parrot*, plagiarized, pseudo*, put on*, reflecting,… …
103jealous — [adj] desirous; wary anxious, apprehensive, attentive, begrudging, covetous, demanding, doubting, emulous, envious, envying, grabby, grasping, green eyed, grudging, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessive …
104rival — [adj] opposing battling, combatant, combating, competing, competitive, conflicting, contending, contesting, cutthroat, disputing, emulating, emulous, equal, opposed, striving, vying; concepts 542,564 Ant. assisting, associate, supporting rival… …
105ai-3, (*hei-, heiu̯ā) — ai 3, (*hei , heiu̯ā) English meaning: to give Deutsche Übersetzung: “geben, zuteilen”, about mediales ‘sich geben lassen” dann also “nehmen” Note: From the reduced Root ghabh : “to grab, take”, derived Root ap 1 (exact ǝp ) : ēp …
106ambitious — [am bish′əs] adj. [ME ambicious < L ambitiosus, seeking favor < ambitio: see AMBITION] 1. full of or showing ambition 2. greatly desirous (of something); eager for 3. demanding great effort, skill, enterprise, etc. [an ambitious… …
107envious — [en′vē əs] adj. [ME < OFr envieus < L invidiosus < invidia, ENVY] 1. characterized by envy; feeling, showing, or resulting from envy 2. Obs. a) emulous b) enviable enviously adv. enviousness n …
108competitory — adjective involving competition or competitiveness competitive games to improve one s competitive position • Syn: ↑competitive • Ant: ↑noncompetitive (for: ↑competitive) …
109emulate — v.tr. 1 try to equal or excel. 2 imitate zealously. 3 rival. Derivatives: emulation n. emulative adj. emulator n. Etymology: L aemulari (as EMULOUS) …
110emulously — adverb in a competitively imitative manner she emulously tried to outdo her older sister • Derived from adjective: ↑emulous …
