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Aggressive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Aggressive? [adj] 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" [adj] marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young exective"; "a pushful insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world" [adj] characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [adj] tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Aggressive: ambitious \| assertive \| battleful \| bellicose \| belligerent \| combative \| competitive \| contentious \| enterprising \| fast-growing(a) \| hard-hitting \| high-pressure \| hostile \| invasive \| militant \| obstreperous \| predatory \| pugnacious \| pushful \| pushing \| pushy \| rapacious \| raptorial \| ravening \| rough \| scrappy \| self-asserting \| self-assertive \| truculent \| vulturine \| vulturous Related Terms \| Find terms related to 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 See Also \| offensive Aggressive In Webster's Dictionary \Aggres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- {Aggres"sively}, adv. -- {Aggres"sive*ness}, n. No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.

Aggressive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aggressive?

[adj] 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"
[adj] marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young exective"; "a pushful insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world"
[adj] characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"
[adj] tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor"

See Also | offensive

Aggressive In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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