AGGRESSIVE DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
aggressive adj 1: having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers" [ant: nonaggressive, unaggressive] 2: tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" [syn: aggressive, fast-growing(a), strong-growing] 3: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive, belligerent] Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary aggressive Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people. Some children are much more aggressive than others... Aggressive behaviour is a sign of emotional distress. = belligerent ADJ • aggressively They'll react aggressively. ADV • aggressiveness Her aggressiveness made it difficult for him to explain his own feelings. = aggression N-UNCOUNT 2. People who are aggressive in their work or other activities behave in a forceful way because they are very eager to succeed. He is respected as a very aggressive and competitive executive... ADJ • aggressively ...countries noted for aggressively pursuing energy efficiency. ADV: usu ADV with v English Explanatory Dictionary aggressive əˈɡresɪv adj. 1 of a person: a given to aggression; openly hostile. b forceful; self-assertive. 2 (of an act) offensive, hostile. 3 of aggression. øøaggressively adv. aggressiveness n. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms aggressive a. Attacking, assaulting, assailing, assailant, invading, offensive, prone to be the assailant, inclined to take the initiative. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) aggressive əˈɡresɪv adj. 1 combative, warlike, martial, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, disputatious, litigious; hostile, unfriendly: The Germanic tribes were known to the Romans as aggressive and hardened warriors. 2 forward, assertive, forceful, bold, Colloq pushy: Dennis's aggressive nature may yet make him a good salesman. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 141 Moby Thesaurus words for "aggressive": abrupt, active, acute, adventuresome, adventurous, ambitious, animated, antagonistic, assertive, battling, bearish, beastly, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, bluff, blunt, bold, brash, brisk, brusque, cavalier, chauvinist, chauvinistic, churlish, combative, contentious, crusty, curt, disputatious, divisive, domineering, driving, dynamic, enemy, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, eristic, factional, factious, ferocious, fierce, fighting, forceful, forcible, forward, full of fight, full of pep, go-ahead, go-go, gruff, hard-hitting, harsh, hawkish, hearty, hostile, hustling, imperious, impetuous, incisive, inimical, intense, irascible, irritable, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, keen, kinetic, litigious, lively, living, lusty, martial, masterful, mettlesome, militant, militaristic, military, offensive, on the offensive, partisan, peppy, polarizing, polemic, pugnacious, pushful, pushing, pushy, quarrelsome, robust, rough, saber-rattling, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scrappy, self-assertive, severe, sharp, short, shrewish, smacking, snappy, snippy, soldierlike, soldierly, spanking, spirited, strenuous, strong, surly, take-charge, take-over, tough, trenchant, trigger-happy, truculent, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, up-and-coming, venturesome, venturous, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, vivid, warlike, warmongering, warring, wrangling, zestful, zesty, zippy |
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