aspiring

adjhopeful

Synonyms for aspiring

adj hopeful

emulous

adjective. ambitious

Word Origin & History

"to strive for," c.1400, from Old French aspirer "aspire to; inspire; breathe, breathe on" (12c.), from Latin aspirare "to breathe upon, to breathe," also, in transferred senses, "to be favorable to, assist; to climb up to, to endeavor to obtain, to reach to, to seek to reach; infuse," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). The notion is of "panting with desire," or perhaps of rising smoke. Related: Aspired; aspiring.

Example Sentences for aspiring

They took an aspiring angel and made a domestic animal of him.

Henry was modest, yet aspiring; gentle, yet intense in his affections.

But they are of aspiring nature, and this fact was known to the Fiend.

Yet under all these clouds, their spirit was hopeful and aspiring.

"I hope so," said Harry, in an aspiring tone, which greatly satisfied his tutor.

How the aspiring and imaginative must suffer in an atmosphere so cold and blighting!

Skilful, aspiring, resolute, he grew steadily in knowledge and in power.

Strange, that the Creole should be aspiring to the leadership of a band about to invade their country!

She was not by nature bad, although vain, selfish, and aspiring.

He sees the faintest, weakest desire, aspiring after goodness.

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Synonyms for aspiring

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