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Definition of power-hungry in English: power-hungryadjective 1Having a strong desire for power. the power-hungry and evil dictator Example sentencesExamples - They were arrogant, power-hungry imperialists.
- A rival clan leader is looking to marry Shinobu, and, like all evil, power-hungry villains, wants to assume levels of awesome might.
- I hate to admit it, but every day I have a growing suspicion that I'm power-hungry.
- A very Senior Official had pleaded with another power-hungry local official to at least allow me to attend the last Council Meeting.
- Caesar is a selfmade man with a pistol strapped to his hip, whose obsession with law and order has made him brutal and power-hungry.
- She was much like her husband in many ways - bossy, luxury-loving, and power-hungry.
- In the 1987 film Wall Street, Michael Douglas's famously power-hungry character Gordon Gekko makes a speech extolling greed which captured the mood of the decade.
- This had created an authoritarian mentality characterized by unquestioning obedience to the emperor and his power-hungry generals.
- He is a power-hungry miser, a greedy manipulator of people, who robs the inhabitants of the town of which he is mayor.
- Laurie was highly dedicated, not personally ambitious or power hungry.
- Prince John is the power-hungry, arrogant and cowardly brother of King Richard.
- The new heir was a mentally unstable young woman who was married to a power-hungry Austrian prince.
- This will complete the transfer of authority in European football from the governing bodies to the increasingly demanding and power-hungry club bosses.
- The players are greedy, wanting more than they need or are probably worth, and are power hungry.
- Menelaus prevails upon Agamemnon, his brother, to declare war on Troy, which has always stood just outside the grasp of the power-hungry Greek ruler.
- She is no power-hungry woman waiting to grab power.
- In Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra, we are told the story of two passionate and power-hungry lovers.
Synonyms aspiring, determined, forceful, pushy, enterprising, pioneering, progressive, eager, motivated, driven, enthusiastic, energetic, zealous, committed, go-ahead, go-getting, purposeful, assertive, aggressive, hungry - 1.1 (of a device) using or requiring a lot of electrical power.
Example sentencesExamples - GPS is a power-hungry technology.
- Today's power-hungry components need more 12V power than older hardware does, so a power supply must provide adequate 12V current.
- To process arbitrary speech, you need a very powerful and power-hungry processor.
- The piece suggested that London was in line for an electricity blackout due to the construction of power-hungry data centers in the capital.
- Each has a removable battery, especially handy when using power-hungry Wi-Fi.
- As it's a fairly power-hungry device, there are two lithium-ion batteries included in the box.
- The most power-hungry, high end video cards will still require external power connectors.
- Nanotechnology may open the door to smaller, more reliable, and less power-hungry memory chips in cell phones, network gear, and other devices.
- Over the next few years, many of Japan's mobile phone makers will add power-hungry digital broadcast tuners to their mobile phone models.
- We will speed the migration toward larger and higher-resolution panels that will eventually replace traditionally bulky and power-hungry displays.
- If power-hungry hardware is added, like a high-end video card, a power supply unit with a minimum of 450 Watt seems to be a good idea.
- Among other things, the heat output and energy consumption of the latest power-hungry processors is too much to bear.
Definition of power-hungry in US English: power-hungryadjective 1Having a strong desire for power. the power-hungry and evil dictator Example sentencesExamples - Caesar is a selfmade man with a pistol strapped to his hip, whose obsession with law and order has made him brutal and power-hungry.
- In Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra, we are told the story of two passionate and power-hungry lovers.
- The new heir was a mentally unstable young woman who was married to a power-hungry Austrian prince.
- A very Senior Official had pleaded with another power-hungry local official to at least allow me to attend the last Council Meeting.
- Menelaus prevails upon Agamemnon, his brother, to declare war on Troy, which has always stood just outside the grasp of the power-hungry Greek ruler.
- She is no power-hungry woman waiting to grab power.
- They were arrogant, power-hungry imperialists.
- This will complete the transfer of authority in European football from the governing bodies to the increasingly demanding and power-hungry club bosses.
- She was much like her husband in many ways - bossy, luxury-loving, and power-hungry.
- I hate to admit it, but every day I have a growing suspicion that I'm power-hungry.
- Laurie was highly dedicated, not personally ambitious or power hungry.
- A rival clan leader is looking to marry Shinobu, and, like all evil, power-hungry villains, wants to assume levels of awesome might.
- He is a power-hungry miser, a greedy manipulator of people, who robs the inhabitants of the town of which he is mayor.
- The players are greedy, wanting more than they need or are probably worth, and are power hungry.
- This had created an authoritarian mentality characterized by unquestioning obedience to the emperor and his power-hungry generals.
- Prince John is the power-hungry, arrogant and cowardly brother of King Richard.
- In the 1987 film Wall Street, Michael Douglas's famously power-hungry character Gordon Gekko makes a speech extolling greed which captured the mood of the decade.
Synonyms aspiring, determined, forceful, pushy, enterprising, pioneering, progressive, eager, motivated, driven, enthusiastic, energetic, zealous, committed, go-ahead, go-getting, purposeful, assertive, aggressive, hungry - 1.1 (of a device) using or requiring a lot of electrical power.
Example sentencesExamples - Today's power-hungry components need more 12V power than older hardware does, so a power supply must provide adequate 12V current.
- GPS is a power-hungry technology.
- Among other things, the heat output and energy consumption of the latest power-hungry processors is too much to bear.
- We will speed the migration toward larger and higher-resolution panels that will eventually replace traditionally bulky and power-hungry displays.
- The most power-hungry, high end video cards will still require external power connectors.
- If power-hungry hardware is added, like a high-end video card, a power supply unit with a minimum of 450 Watt seems to be a good idea.
- The piece suggested that London was in line for an electricity blackout due to the construction of power-hungry data centers in the capital.
- Nanotechnology may open the door to smaller, more reliable, and less power-hungry memory chips in cell phones, network gear, and other devices.
- As it's a fairly power-hungry device, there are two lithium-ion batteries included in the box.
- To process arbitrary speech, you need a very powerful and power-hungry processor.
- Over the next few years, many of Japan's mobile phone makers will add power-hungry digital broadcast tuners to their mobile phone models.
- Each has a removable battery, especially handy when using power-hungry Wi-Fi.
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