aggressive

Speech parts

1. aggressive - Noun

2. aggressive - Adjective

3. aggressive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

belligerent forward hostile fierce energetic bold vigorous militant ferocious forceful assertive combative enterprising pugnacious pushy
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Antonyms

passive unaggressive sentinel pacific allied meek
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Phrases with the word

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Examples

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. Simone de Beauvoir

Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction. Greg Bear

After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes. Bob Woodward

It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile federal government can encroach upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction. Stephen Harper

Act aggressive and you will be feared. Sicilian Proverb

A spirited horse, a compliant; an aggressive man, a compliant horse. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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