Aggressive

English

Adjective

Aggressive (comparative more Aggressive, superlative most Aggressive)

1. Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking.

Adverbs for Aggressive

boldly; offensively; truculently; bluntly; presumptuously; impertinently; unbecomingly; unwarrantedly; daringly; courageously; fearlessly; calmly; steadily; persistently; incurably; gallantly; pluckily; heroically; confidently; doggedly; criminally; savagely; indomitably.

Thesaurus

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

Related terms

• aggression
• aggressively
• aggressiveness
• aggressivity
• aggressor
• passive aggressive

Etymology

From aggress. Compare with French agressif.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/

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Translations

tending or disposed to aggress

Afrikaans: aggressief Albanian: agresiv (sq) Arabic: عدواني Bosnian: nasrtljiv Bulgarian: нападателен (bg) (napadatelen), агресивен (bg) Catalan: agressiu (ca) Chinese: Simplified Chinese: 忮, 进取 Traditional Chinese: 忮, 進取 Pinyin: zhì, jìnqǔ Croatian: ȁgresīvan (hr), násilan (hr), nasr̀tljiv (hr) Czech: útočný (cs) m., agresivní (cs) Danish: aggressiv (da) Dutch: agressief (nl) Esperanto: agresa (eo) Estonian: kallaletungiv Finnish: hyökkäävä (fi) French: agressif (fr) Georgian: აგრესიული (agresiuli) German: aggressiv (de), angriffslustig (de) Greek: επιθετικός (epithetikós) m., επιθετική f., επιθετικό n. Hebrew: מתגרה Hindi: shuddhata, yatharthata Hungarian: agresszív (hu) Indonesian: agresif Irish: ionsaitheach Italian: aggressivo (it) m., aggressiva (it) f.

Japanese: 積極的 (せっきょく てき, sekkyoku teki); 侵略的な (shinryakuteki na); 攻撃的な (kōgekiteki na) Korean: 호전 (ho-jŏn) Latin: aggressivus m., aggressiva f., aggressivum n. Latvian: agresīvs Maltese: aggressiv (mt) m., aggressiva (mt) f. Mongolian: түрэмгий (mn) (türemgij) Norwegian: aggressiv (no) Papiamentu: agresivo Persian: سلطهجو Polish: agresywny (pl) Portuguese: agressivo (pt) Romanian: agresiv (ro) Russian: агрессивный (ru) Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaigheach Serbian: Cyrillic: агресиван Roman: agresivan Slovak: agresívny Slovene: nasilen (sl) Spanish: agresivo (es) Swedish: aggressiv (sv) Tagalog: mabalagsik Thai: ก้าวร้าว (gâao ráao) Turkish: saldırgan (tr) Ukrainian: агресивний (uk) (agresývnyj) Vietnamese: xâm lược (vi) Welsh: gormesol

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Italian

Adjective

aggressive f.

1. Feminine plural form of aggressivo

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Swedish

Adjective

Aggressive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of aggressiv.