super-ambitious
adjective
informal(alsosuper ambitious,superambitious)uk/ˌsuː.pər.æmˈbɪʃ.əs/us/ˌsuː.pɚ.æmˈbɪʃ.əs/having astrongerthannormalwishto besuccessful,powerful, orrich:
Heseemsto be just anothersuperambitiouspoliticiantryingtogainpower.
I've always been super-ambitious, andspenteverysummerholidayworking.
Shebecameadoctortopleaseher superambitiousmother.
If aplanorideais super-ambitious, itneedsmuch moreskillandeffortthan isusualto besuccessfulor beachieved:
She has her husband'scompletesupportbehind her super-ambitiouspoliticalcampaign.
SomepeoplemightthinkthatbecomingCEOof abigcompanyis a superambitiousgoal, but I don't.
- Some of the bank's super-ambitiousyoungemployeesneed to becareful.
- They are super-ambitious, but theytrytoseemlessambitiousthan they really are.
- Thepressuretoreachsuper-ambitioustargetsis too much for someemployees.
Wanting things
- ache forsomething
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- angle
- angle forsomething
- burn
- fancy
- hanker after/forsomething
- haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
- hunger
- hunger after/forsomething
- pine
- setyourheart onsomething/doing somethingidiom
- setyoursights onsomethingidiom
- shook
- sight
- someone'sheart's desireidiom
- straw
- tempt
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Complicated and difficult to do