emulous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: em=u=lous

CIDE DICTIONARY

emulous, a. [L. aemulus. See Emulate.].

•  Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.  [1913 Webster]
•  Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]

  "Emulous missions 'mongst the gods."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

emulous, adj.
1 (usu. foll. by of) seeking to emulate.
2 actuated by a spirit of rivalry.

Derivative

emulously adv.

Etymology

ME f. L aemulus rival

ROGET THESAURUS

emulous

Opposition

N opposition, antagonism, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation, contrariety, contravention, counteraction, counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind, clashing, collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint, hindrance, opposing, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms, resistant, competitive, emulous, against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across, athwart, overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra, nitor in adversum.