thwarted ambition

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• ambition — noun 1 strong desire to be successful ADJECTIVE ▪ driving (esp. BrE), great, naked ▪ She s a woman of driving ambition. ▪ personal VERB + AMBITION …   Collocations dictionary

• ambition — am|bi|tion [æmˈbıʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: ambitio, from ambire; AMBIENT] 1.) a strong desire to achieve something achieve/fulfil/realize an ambition ▪ She fulfilled her ambition to become the first woman to run the 10,000 metres… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• thwarted — adj. Thwarted is used with these nouns: ↑ambition, ↑desire …   Collocations dictionary

• Hellenistic Age — In the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the period between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) and the conquest of Egypt by Rome (30 BC). Alexander and his successors established Greek monarchies that controlled the area from… …   Universalium

• thwart — [θwo:t US θwo:rt] v [T] formal [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: thwart across (13 19 centuries), from Old Norse thvert] to prevent someone from doing what they are trying to do ▪ Fierce opposition thwarted the government s plans. ▪ thwarted ambition …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• thwart — 1 verb (T) formal to prevent someone from doing what they are trying to do: My plans were thwarted by the intervention of the police. | thwarted ambition 2 noun (C) technical a seat fixed across a rowing boat …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Plantagenet, Richard, Duke of York —    1) (1411–1460)    By laying claim to the Crown of England, Richard Plantagenet, duke of York, transformed a factional struggle for control of the royal government into a dynastic civil war, pitting his family, the house of YORK, against the… …   Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses

• malcontent — I. noun Date: 1581 a discontented person: a. one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition b. one who is in active opposition to an established order or government ; rebel II. adjective Etymology: Middle French, from mal + …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Donald Creighton — Donald Grant Creighton, CC (July 15, 1902 – December 19, 1979) was a noted Canadian historian. Contents 1 Background 2 Creighton as an historian 3 Creighton as a nationalist …   Wikipedia

• Thomas Platter — scholar and writer.He wrote: England is a woman s paradise and a servant s prison (a quotation from publication by Platter written in October 1599).His sons Felix Platter and Thomas Platter the Younger both studied medicine, a thwarted ambition… …   Wikipedia

• Railroad electrification in the United States — comprised many different systems in many different geographical areas, few of which were connected. Despite this, there were a small number of common reasons for electrification.Streetcars and interurban systems are not within the scope of this… …   Wikipedia