单词 | self-asserting |
释义 | self-assertingadj. That asserts his or her status, individuality, rights, opinions, etc.; full of or characterized by self-assertion. Cf. self-assertive adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective] crousea1400 crank1499 cockish1551 forward1561 forthyc1565 forthputting?1577 perching1579 perk1579 perking?1584 officious1596 pratchant1596 putting-forth1621 obtrusive1652 petulcous1661 pushing1682 coxy1728 cocky1768 bumptious1801 furthy1808 upsetting1817 perky1820 self-asserting1821 protrusive1841 self-assertive1849 aggressive1855 self-assertory1867 perkisha1870 pushful1871 pushy1874 forritsome1894 chesty1900 the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > self-confidence > [adjective] assured1477 confident1576 self-confidenta1617 empowered1646 self-confiding1647 confidential1651 self-asserting1821 sassy1859 1821 Savoyard in Henry Schultze & Savoyard 59 To do, to triumph, to inherit The claims of self-asserting merit. 1837 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. 28 98 Carrel's manner was not of the self-asserting kind. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right II. lvi. 51 Some specially self-asserting American. 1942 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 26 350 Frenchmen didn't want to marry a bossy, self-asserting girl who monopolized a conversation. 1989 D. H. Fischer Albion's Seed 690 Male children were taught to be self-asserting; female children were trained to be self-denying. 2000 R. Williams Lost Icons (2002) iii. 102 There is not a lot left for the self-asserting will but violence. Derivatives self-aˈssertingly adv. in a self-asserting manner; so as to be self-asserting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adverb] crousea1525 forwardly1552 cockishly1570 officiously1598 cockingly?1734 protrusively1833 perkingly1841 self-assertingly1841 perkily1843 bumptiously1844 cockily1855 chestily1908 with (an) attitude1975 1841 C. G. F. Gore Cecil II. iv. 164 It is an act of great self-denial in beggars, to put up with a man so self-assertingly well to do in the world. 1909 D. L. D. Granger Memorial Addr. 29 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (60th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. 1514) CXXIX He did not push himself to the front self-assertingly, as some do. 2012 S. Knight Towards Sherlock Holmes iv. 116 The process shows Loveday working..with less self-assertingly grandiose claims than are made by and for Holmes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1821 |
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