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hard ball
adjective as in ambitious
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- anxious
- ardent
- aspiring
- avid
- ball of fire
- bent upon
- climbing
- come on
- come on strong
- designing
- desirous
- driving
- eager
- eager beaver
- enterprising
- fireball
- get up and go
- go-getter
- goal-oriented
- high-reaching
- hopeful
- hungry
- industrious
- inspired
- intent
- longing
- power-loving
- purposeful
- pushing
- pushy
- self-starting
- sharp
- soaring
- striving
- thirsty
- vaulting
- zealous
adjective as in enterprising
Weak matches
Example Sentences
That "soft ball," "hard ball," "thread," and "brittle" mean the different stages sugar reaches while cooking.
Betsey let the sugar, water and vinegar boil until a little of the syrup, dropped in cold water, formed a hard ball.
The sugar, water and vinegar were boiled until a little of the syrup, tried by Betsey in cold water, formed a hard ball.
She let these cook, and just before they reached the hard ball stage, added the butter.
Boil the sugar and the water until it threads or forms a fairly hard ball when tried in cold water.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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