Ambition vs. Cunning
Ambitionnoun
Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
Ambitionnoun
(countable) An object of an ardent desire.
Ambitionnoun
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
Ambitionnoun
(uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
Ambitionnoun
(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
Ambitionverb
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Ambitionnoun
The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
Ambitionnoun
An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
Ambitionverb
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Ambitionnoun
a cherished desire;
Ambitionnoun
a strong drive for success
Ambitionverb
have as one's ambition
Cunningadjective
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
Cunningadjective
(obsolete) Skillful, artful.
Cunningadjective
(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
Cunningadjective
Cute, appealing.
Cunningnoun
Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
Cunningnoun
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.
Cunningnoun
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
Cunningnoun
The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
Cunningnoun
(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
Cunningadjective
Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
Cunningadjective
Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
Cunningadjective
Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
Cunningadjective
Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.
Cunningnoun
Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
Cunningnoun
The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Cunningnoun
shrewdness in deception;
Cunningnoun
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Cunningnoun
drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
Cunningadjective
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;
Cunningadjective
marked by skill in deception;
Cunningadjective
showing inventiveness and skill;
