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: marked by combative readiness

: marked by obtrusive energy and self-assertiveness

a rude, aggressive personality

: marked by driving forceful energy or initiative : enterprising

: strong or emphatic in effect or intent

: growing, developing, or spreading rapidly

: more severe, intensive, or comprehensive than usual especially in dosage or extent

Synonyms

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aggressive in his business dealings

militant also implies a fighting disposition but suggests not self-seeking but devotion to a cause, movement, or principle.

militant protesters rallied against the new law

assertive suggests bold self-confidence in expression of opinion.

the more assertive speakers dominated the forum

self-assertive connotes forwardness or brash self-confidence.

a self-assertive young upstart

Example Sentences

He started to get aggressive and began to shout.

an aggressive lawyer whose tactics have made people angry

The team plays a very aggressive style of defense.

The company took aggressive steps to prevent illegal use of their equipment.

The publisher has been very aggressive in promoting the book.

The city began an aggressive campaign to encourage recycling.

an aggressive form of cancer

Recent Examples on the Web

Studio bosses in 2007 were worried about the more aggressive stance of guild leaders, then-WGA West President Patric Verrone and Executive Director David Young, a veteran union organizer.

—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023

The GOP representatives used a more aggressive line of questioning during cross-examination of Jones and Pearson, calling the two lawmakers disruption makers and attention seekers.

—Dan Rosenzweig-ziff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023

The two public disappointments, involving blue-chip names, prompted lawmakers and local officials to become more aggressive about economic development.

—Mitchell Schnurman, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023

The government has also pursued more aggressive enforcement of existing laws.

—Patrick Whittle, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023

The government has also pursued more aggressive enforcement of existing laws.

—Patrick Whittle, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023

Some council members want the city to take a more aggressive approach to address an immediate coyote situation separate from the coyote management plan.

—Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2023

Yes, more aggressive baserunning that paid off with another run.

—Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2023

While some employers have taken a more aggressive approach to encourage productivity (mandating a return to the office and ending pandemic perks like wellness days), others have found alternative ways to increase productivity.

—Amber Burton, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin aggressīvus, from Latin aggressus, past participle of aggredī «to step up to, approach, attack» + -īvus -ive — more at aggress

First Known Use

1716, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler

The first known use of aggressive was
in 1716

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They use the term aggressive, and they define «aggressive» including things like insulting other kids, as well as fighting, and hitting, and more violence. ❋ Unknown (2002)

REEVES: The staunchly conservative Pope Benedict spoke of the threat to tradition and culture in Britain from what he called aggressive secularism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The White House officials says the president will tout what they call the aggressive steps the administration has taken to bring the economy back to from brink and now they are they are committed to winding down Washington’s involvement in the financial sector. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They have consistently tried to degrade the political structure there, the Baath Party, the ruling Iraqi party, and the irregulars, and anytime they think they see a group gathering of Fedayeen or others, they try to target that either from the air or, if they can, by what they call aggressive in-and-out hit-and-run patrols into the city. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Unlike Macy’s Inc., Kohl’s was able to expand its gross margin, a measure of profitability, as the Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony brands met what it called «aggressive» sales plans. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He added that China’s government leaders had also appeared to be unaware of what he called aggressive actions taken by Chinese naval vessels against a US Navy surveillance ship in 2009, and of an anti-satellite test in recent years. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Romney’s advisers stressed that he met all his federal tax obligations, provided maximum transparency and did not take advantage of what they described as «aggressive» strategies often used by the ultra-rich. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Djokovic has heard critics decry what he called an «aggressive,» and what others have called an arrogant, personality. ❋ By JORGE CASTILLO (2011)

The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland, and contended he has long confronted abuse cases with courage. ❋ Pjwalker911 (2010)

Bill Stricklend wants to continue what he calls aggressive road resurfacing, equipment purchasing and infrastructure build up in Marshall County District 1. ❋ Unknown (2010)

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland, and contended he has long confronted abuse cases with courage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading ❋ Unknown (2010)

[I didn’t] even do anything. she just [started] [yelling] at me. she’s just very aggressive. ❋ SexyMcBigBoobs (2014)

When [most people] get [frustrated] they become aggressive ❋ Gerard Irick (2009)

Man, sometimes I feel Mike is just [too aggressive] aggressive, he spends his whole morning practicing [krav maga] and then he heads to work where he spends the whole afternoon yelling at his underlings, and even when he’s out [on the town] having a good time he can’t seem to refrain from telling people how much they suck and how much of a pussy they are. ❋ CAndrew (2009)

There was an [aggression] of [lesbians] [approaching] ❋ Weasel79 (2021)

[XIAO]: steals [CONG’s] backpack.
[CONG]: «AGGRESSION!» ❋ Kevin The Cardboard Box (2021)

[TEACHER] STARTS YELLING-SUCH [AGGRESSION] ❋ WILLLLYAM (2020)

1. She put an [aggressive] amount of cheese on these [nachos]
2. He has an aggressive dating style, where he sends the girls he dates [copious] amounts of texts and makes them hang out often ❋ Kid_Foxy (2014)

[Jim]: Hey John, [how’d] [that game] go.
John: AGGRESSIVENESS WRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYY.
Jim: Alright, top of the mornin’. ❋ Mr. AGGRESSIVENESS, WRRRRRRRYY (2009)

[Watch] those [aggressions]… ❋ KHDT (2010)

his chin was [jutting] with [aggression],
[territorial] aggression between individuals of the same species. ❋ Reza Rajkumar (2017)

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ag•gres•sive /əˈgrɛsɪv/USA pronunciation
adj.

characterized by or tending toward aggression;
warlike;
hostile:the aggressive nature of the dictator’s actions.
vigorously energetic:an aggressive approach to solving problems.

ag•gres•sive•ly, adv.
ag•gres•sive•ness, n. [uncountable]

ag•gres•sive
(ə gres′iv),USA pronunciation adj.

characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing:aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
making an all-out effort to win or succeed;
competitive:an aggressive basketball player.
vigorously energetic, esp. in the use of initiative and forcefulness:an aggressive salesperson.
boldly assertive and forward;
pushy:an aggressive driver.
Stock Exchange, Businessemphasizing maximum growth and capital gains over quality, security, and income:an aggressive mutual fund.
- (of a disease or tumor) highly invasive and difficult or impossible to treat successfully.
- Medicinepertaining to a risky surgery or treatment, or to a medication that has grave side effects:aggressive chemotherapy.

aggress(ion) + —ive 1815–25

ag•gres′sive•ly, adv.

ag•gres′sive•ness, ag•gres•siv•i•ty
(ag′re siv′i tē),USA pronunciation n.

1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . pugnacious, militant.
2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . forceful, enterprising, assertive.

1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . friendly.
2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . retiring, shy, timid, hesitant.

aggressive, +adj.

Medicine(of a disease or tumor) highly invasive and difficult or impossible to treat successfully.
pertaining to a risky surgery or treatment, or to a medication that has grave side effects:aggressive chemotherapy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

aggressive /əˈɡrɛsɪv/ adj

quarrelsome or belligerent
assertive; vigorous

agˈgressively adv agˈgressiveness n

‘aggressive‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

См. также в других словарях:

aggressive — ag‧gres‧sive [əˈgresɪv] adjective 1. an aggressive action uses direct and forceful methods in order to achieve the result that someone wants: • aggressive marketing tactics to promote smoking among teenagers • aggressive cost cutting • Aggressive … Financial and business terms
Aggressive — «Aggressive» Год основания 2006 год Расположение … Википедия
Aggressive — Ag*gres sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] 1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of one s own ends at the expense of others or mindless of others needs or desires; characterized by aggression; making… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aggressive — 1 attacking, offensive (see base words at ATTACK n) Analogous words: invading, encroaching, trespassing (see TRESPASS vb) Antonyms: resisting: repelling 2 Aggressive, militant, assertive, self assertive, pushing, pushy are here compared as… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
aggressive — 1. Note that it has two gs. 2. The modern commercial world has added the meanings ‘self assertive; energetic, enterprising’ to the word when it is applied to the techniques of marketing and salesmanship or to selling goods or services: • We are… … Modern English usage
aggressive — [adj1] belligerent, hostile advancing, antipathetic, assailing, attacking, barbaric, bellicose, combative, contentious, destructive, disruptive, disturbing, encroaching, hawkish, intruding, intrusive, invading, martial, militant, offensive,… … New thesaurus
aggressive — [ə gres′iv] adj. 1. aggressing or inclined to aggress; starting fights or quarrels 2. ready or willing to take issue or engage in direct action; militant 3. full of enterprise and initiative; bold and active; pushing 4. Psychiatry of or involving … English World dictionary
aggressive — index contentious, disorderly, forcible, hostile, hot blooded, industrious, litigious, malevolent, obtrus … Law dictionary
aggressive — (adj.) 1791, from L. aggress , pp. stem of aggredi (see AGGRESSION (Cf. aggression)) + IVE (Cf. ive). In psychological use from 1913, first in translations of Freud. Related: Aggressively; aggressiveness … Etymology dictionary
aggressive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) characterized by or resulting from aggression. 2) unduly forceful. DERIVATIVES aggressively adverb aggressiveness noun … English terms dictionary
aggressive — 01. Be careful; their dog can be quite [aggressive] at times. 02. Whenever my son watches violent television programs he becomes quite [aggressive]. 03. I hate [aggressive] people who approach me as soon as I walk into a store, and try to sell me … Grammatical examples in English

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Meaning Aggressive

What does Aggressive mean? Here you find 22 meanings of the word Aggressive. You can also add a definition of Aggressive yourself

1	0 0 In oncology, quickly growing, tending to spread rapidly. As, for example, an aggressive tumor.

2	0 0 Aggressive In medicine, describes a tumor or disease that forms, grows, or spreads quickly. It may also describe treatment that is more severe or intense than usual.

3	0 0 Aggressive Aggressive investor refers to someone who takes on more risk than the average investor in hopes of getting higher-than-average returns.

4	0 0 Aggressive Unpleasantly harsh in taste or texture, usually due to a high level of tannin or acid.

5	0 0 Aggressive 1791, from Latin aggress-, past participle stem of aggredi «to approach, attack» (see aggression) + -ive. In psychological use from 1913, first in translations of Freud. Related: Aggressivel [..]

6	0 0 Aggressive forceful or offensive.

7	0 0 Aggressive An aggressive wine is usually too high in acidity. The term can also be used to describe wines with hard tannins.

8	0 0 Aggressive Referring to a plant’s active growth behavior.

9	0 0 Aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; &quot;an aggressive businessman&quot;; &quot;an aggressive basketball player&quot;; &quot;he [..]

10	0 0 Aggressive An interpersonal style where only the immediate needs of the self are considered rather than the needs of others. (As opposed to passive or assertive)

11	0 0 Aggressive a state that is likely to attack others or be hostile.

12	0 0 Aggressive (adj) having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends(adj) tending to spread quickly(adj) characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

13	0 0 Aggressive A quickly growing cancer.

14	0 0 Aggressive Definition: Rapidly growing when said of a tumor; an active intervention when said of a treatment such as surgery.

15	0 0 Aggressive Forward and bright sonic character.

16	0 0 Aggressive A quickly growing cancer. (NCI)

17	0 0 Aggressive A word for a fast-growing cancer.

18	0 0 Aggressive 1. Denoting aggression. 2. Denoting a competitive forcefulness or invasiveness, as of a behavioural pattern, a pathogenic organism, or a disease process. (05 Mar 2000)

19	0 0 Aggressive (adj.) A term used to describe the behavior of a monster which will attack upon sensing a player character who enters its area of detection. This behavior is noted on the wiki pages of monsters which [..]

20	0 0 Aggressive Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking. »an aggressive policy, war, person, nation» (programming) Of code optimization techniques: exp [..]

21	0 0 Aggressive A term used to describe a female-bodied and identified person who prefers presenting as masculine. This term is most commonly used in urban communities of color.

22	0 1 Aggressive lymphoma that is growing rapidly

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English[edit]

A Chihuahua displaying aggressive behaviour

Etymology[edit]

From aggress +‎ -ive. Compare with French agressif.

Pronunciation[edit]

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective[edit]

aggressive (comparative more aggressive, superlative most aggressive)

Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing.

an aggressive policy, war, person, nation
- 2011, Judith S. Weis, Do Fish Sleep, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 63:
  
  When a new aggressive fish is added to an aquarium with an already-established, territorial fish, the established fish will probably fight to protect its territory (the whole tank).
(programming) Of heuristics, source code optimization techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
- 1996, Tibor Gyimothy, Compiler Construction: 6th International Conference, CC ’96, Linköping, Sweden, April 24 — 26, 1996. Proceedings, Volume 6, Springer, →ISBN, page 59:
  
  This paper describes how aggressive loop unrolling is done in a retargetable optimizing compiler.
- 2001, Paul Feautrier, Santosh Pande and Dharma P. Agrawal, editor, Compiler Optimizations for Scalable Parallel Systems, Springer, →ISBN, page 173:
  
  Since the most aggressive type of optimization a program can be subjected to is parallelization, understanding a program before attempting to parallelize it is a very important step.
- 2002, Y. N. Srikant, Priti Shankar, The Compiler Design Handbook: Optimizations and Machine Code Generation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 465:
  
  However, aggressive compiler techniques such as loop unrolling, promoting of subscripted array variables into registers (especially in of subscripted array variables into registers (especially in loops) and interprocedural optimizations create heavy register pressure and it is still quite important to do a good job of register allocation.
- 2002, Shpeisman, T. ; Lueh, G.-Y. ; Adl-Tabatabai, A.-R., PACT 2002: 2002 International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques : proceedings : 22-25 September, 2002, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, IEEE Computer Society Press →ISBN, page 249
  
  The Itanium processor is an example of an Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) architecture and thus relies on aggressive and expensive compiler optimizations for performance.
- 2003, Susanna Pelagatti, Fethi Rabhi; Sergei Gorlatch, editor, Patterns and Skeletons for Parallel and Distributed Computing, Springer, →ISBN, page 182:
  
  This sensibly eases the programmer task and allows for more aggressive optimisations of the global program structure.
- 2011, Wen-mei W. Hwu, GPU Computing Gems Jade Edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 11:
  
  The CUDA C code for the GPU, as well as the C and inline assembly code for the CPU, were highly optimized and aggressive compiler optimizations (-O4) were turned on.
(pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
(finance) Involving high risk for potentially high reward.

an aggressive stock; an aggressive portfolio
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation: butch.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:aggressive.

Synonyms[edit]

See also Thesaurus:combative

Antonyms[edit]

passive

Derived terms[edit]

aggressively
aggressiveness
aggressivity
microaggressive
passive-aggressive

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aggression
aggressor

Translations[edit]

tending or disposed to aggress

Afrikaans: aggressief
Albanian: agresiv (sq)
Arabic: عُدْوَانِيّ‎ (ʕudwāniyy), هُجُومِيّ‎ (hujūmiyy)
Armenian: ագրեսիվ (hy) (agresiv)
Asturian: agresivu
Azerbaijani: aqressiv
Belarusian: агрэсы́ўны (ahresýŭny), ваяўні́чы (vajaŭníčy)
Bulgarian: агреси́вен (bg) (agresíven), напада́телен (bg) (napadátelen)
Catalan: agressiu (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 好鬥／好斗 (zh) (hàodòu), 好戰的／好战的 (zh) (hàozhàn de), 侵略的 (zh) (qīnlüè de), 愛尋釁的／爱寻衅的 (ài xúnxìn de)
Czech: útočný (cs), agresivní (cs)
Danish: aggressiv
Dutch: agressief (nl)
Esperanto: agresema (eo)
Estonian: kallaletungiv
Finnish: aggressiivinen (fi), hyökkäävä (fi)
French: agressif (fr)
Galician: agresivo
Georgian: აგრესიული (agresiuli)
German: aggressiv (de), angriffslustig (de)
Greek: επιθετικός (el) (epithetikós)

Ancient: ἐπιθετικός (epithetikós)
Hebrew: מתגרה‎
Hindi: आक्रमणकारक (ākramaṇkārak), जंगी (hi) (jaṅgī), धक्कामार (dhakkāmār), दंगली (hi) (daṅglī)
Hungarian: agresszív (hu)
Indonesian: agresif (id)
Irish: ionsaitheach, amasach
Italian: aggressivo (it)
Japanese: 侵略的な (しんりゃくてきな, shinryakuteki na), 攻撃的な (ja) (こうげきてきな, kōgekiteki na)
Kabuverdianu: agresivu, agresive
Khmer: ឈ្លានពាន (km) (chliən piən)
Korean: 공격적인 (gonggyeokjeog-in), 침략적인 (chimnyakjeog-in)
Latin: pugnax, aggressivus
Latvian: agresīvs
Lithuanian: agresyvus
Macedonian: агресивен (agresiven)
Maltese: aggressiv
Maori: whakaariki
Mongolian: түрэмгий (mn) (türemgii)
Norwegian: aggressiv (no)
Occitan: agressiu (oc)
Papiamentu: agresivo
Persian: ستیزجو‎ (setizju)
Polish: agresywny (pl), wojowniczy (pl), napastliwy (pl)
Portuguese: agressivo (pt)
Quechua: phiña
Romanian: agresiv (ro)
Russian: агресси́вный (ru) (agressívnyj), вои́нственный (ru) (voínstvennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaigheach
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: агресиван, насилан, насртљив

Roman: agresivan (sh), nasilan (sh), nasrtljiv (sh)
Slovak: agresívny (sk), útočný
Slovene: nasilen (sl)
Spanish: agresivo (es)
Swedish: aggressiv (sv)
Tagalog: mabalagsik
Thai: ก้าวร้าว (th) (gâao ráao), ออกตัวแรง
Turkish: saldırgan (tr)
Ukrainian: агреси́вний (uk) (ahresývnyj), войовни́чий (vojovnýčyj), войови́тий (vojovýtyj)
Vietnamese: xâm lược (vi) (侵略)
Welsh: gormesol (cy)
Yiddish: אַגרעסיוו‎ (agresiv)

Noun[edit]

aggressive (plural aggressives)

One who is aggressive.
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.
- 2012 February 1, Siobhan Brooks, Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 110:
  
  […]; usually the femme is the ho [at the costume party], and the butch/aggressive is the pimp. […] An aggressive is a masculine-identified woman like the category of butch; aggressive is the contemporary term among younger masculine-identified women.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aggressive.

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

aggressive

inflection of aggressiv:
1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2. strong nominative/accusative plural
3. weak nominative all-gender singular
4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

aggressive f pl

feminine plural of aggressivo

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Adjective[edit]

aggressive

definite singular of aggressiv
plural of aggressiv

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Adjective[edit]

aggressive

definite singular of aggressiv
plural of aggressiv

Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

aggressive

absolute definite natural masculine singular of aggressiv.

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Defenition of the word aggressive
- Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight.
- 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»
- characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; «aggressive acts against another country»; «a belligerent tone»
- 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»
- tending to spread quickly; «an aggressive tumor»
- having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
- characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
- tending to spread quickly

Synonyms for the word aggressive

- belligerent
- enterprising
- fast-growing
- pushful
- pushing
- pushy
- strong-growing

Similar words in the aggressive

- ambitious
- assertive
- battleful
- bellicose
- combative
- competitive
- contentious
- hard-hitting
- high-pressure
- hostile
- in-your-face
- invasive
- militant
- obstreperous
- offensive
- predatory
- pugnacious
- rapacious
- raptorial
- ravening
- rough
- scrappy
- self-asserting
- self-assertive
- truculent
- vulturine
- vulturous

Antonyms for the word aggressive

- nonaggressive
- unaggressive

See other words

- What is impolite
- The definition of crude
- The interpretation of the word inappropriately
- What is meant by irregulars
- The lexical meaning irregularities
- The dictionary meaning of the word irregularly
- The grammatical meaning of the word irregularity
- Meaning of the word unorthodox
- Literal and figurative meaning of the word unequal
- The origin of the word distasteful
- Synonym for the word attacking
- Antonyms for the word insulting
- Homonyms for the word odious
- Hyponyms for the word provocative
- Holonyms for the word offensively
- Hypernyms for the word offensives
- Proverbs and sayings for the word against the law
- Translation of the word in other languages prohibited

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агрессивный, энергичный, настойчивый, вызывающий, нападающий

прилагательное ↓

- агрессивный, захватнический

aggressive war — агрессивная /захватническая/ война
aggressive policy — агрессивная политика
aggressive acts against a country — акты агрессии против какой-л. страны

- агрессивный, задиристый; вызывающий

aggressive behaviour — агрессивное /вызывающее/ поведение; задирание (прохожих и т. п.):
aggressive tone — угрожающий тон

- преим. воен. активный, энергичный; действенный:

aggressive assault — стремительная атака
aggressive defence — активная оборона
aggressive weapons — наступательное оружие
an aggressive campaign against speeding — активная кампания против автолихачества

- настойчивый; напористый; пробивной

aggressive adman — напористый агент по рекламе
aggressive selling — навязывание товаров покупателям
as a salesman he’s not aggressive enough — как коммивояжёру ему не хватает напористости /хватки/
he was aggressive in business — в бизнесе он шёл напролом

- спец. коррозионный, агрессивный (о среде)
- в грам. знач. сущ. агрессия

to assume /to take/ the aggressive — а) переходить в наступление, нападать; б) вести себя вызывающе

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Словосочетания

a proponent of aggressive economic interventionism — сторонник агрессивного вмешательства в экономику других стран
a rather aggressive and dominating character — достаточно агрессивный и властный характер
aggressive / strong advocate of smth. — ярый сторонник чего-л.
aggressive advertising — агрессивная реклама
aggressive salesman — напористый торговый агент
aggressive campaign against terrorism — активная кампания против терроризма
aggressive intents — агрессивные намерения
aggressive ions — ионы, вызывающие коррозию металла; агрессивные ионы
aggressive liquid — агрессивная жидкость
aggressive magma — активная интрузивная магма; активная магма
aggressive maneuver — энергичный манёвр; резкий манёвр
aggressive personality — агрессивная личность

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Jim’s voice became aggressive.

В голосе Джима появилась агрессия.

Some feel men are the more aggressive sex.

Некоторые считают мужчин более агрессивным полом.

A successful businessman has to be aggressive.

Успешный бизнесмен должен быть напористым.

Millions of people are deeply shocked by the aggressive policy of the government.

Миллионы людей были шокированы агрессивной политикой своего правительства.

He started to get aggressive and began to shout.

Он начал вести себя агрессивно и перешёл на крик.

The team plays a very aggressive style of defense.

Команда очень агрессивно играет в обороне.

Banks are getting too aggressive on consumer lending.

Банки начинают предлагать кредитные услуги населению слишком активно.

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Walkers are often quite aggressive about their rights of way.

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adjective

characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.

making an all-out effort to win or succeed; competitive: an aggressive basketball player.

vigorously energetic, especially in the use of initiative and forcefulness: an aggressive salesperson.

boldly assertive and forward; pushy: an aggressive driver.

emphasizing maximum growth and capital gains over quality, security, and income: an aggressive mutual fund.

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(of a disease or tumor) growing or spreading rapidly; highly invasive; difficult or impossible to treat successfully: aggressive brain lesions.
pertaining to a risky surgery or treatment, or to a medication that has grave side effects: aggressive chemotherapy.

(of a plant) spreading more rapidly than is desirable; tending to spread where not wanted: The joe-pye weed may be too aggressive to contain in the small area you’ve designated.

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Origin of aggressive

First recorded in 1690–1700; from Late Latin aggressīvus, derivative of Latin aggressus, past participle of aggredī “to go to, approach, attack”

OTHER WORDS FROM aggressive

ag·gres·sive·ly, adverbag·gres·sive·ness, ag·gres·siv·i·ty [ag-re-siv-i-tee], /ˌæg rɛˈsɪv ɪ ti/, nounan·ti·ag·gres·sive, adjectivehy·per·ag·gres·sive, adjective

o·ver·ag·gres·sive, adjectiveo·ver·ag·gres·sive·ness, nounsu·per·ag·gres·sive, adjectiveun·ag·gres·sive, adjectiveun·ag·gres·sive·ness, noun

Words nearby aggressive

aggregation, aggregative, aggregator, aggress, aggression, aggressive, aggressively, aggressive mimicry, aggressor, aggrieve, aggrieved

Words related to aggressive

combative, contentious, destructive, intrusive, threatening, bold, cocky, dynamic, energetic, forceful, smart, tough, vigorous, zealous, advancing, antipathetic, assailing, attacking, barbaric, bellicose

How to use aggressive in a sentence

She also expressed regret for not being more aggressive internally to help right the ship on the response.
He’s a conservative “tough on crime” Republican who supports aggressive prosecutorial tactics.
Under an aggressive pro-Democratic gerrymander, they likely secure just nine safe seats.
She can be incredibly sexually aggressive, or she can be very frightened when someone just touches her hand.

One officer who had assaulted her briefly disappeared from her area of the detention center only to later return, becoming “increasingly aggressive and intimidating.”
They were just way too aggressive to try and maintain on a farm here,” says Gow of his “Nazi cows.
And it is not clear that there have been a rash of lawsuits from outraged parents over aggressive Christmastime greetings.
Kim Jong Un is changing role models, steering Pyongyang away from Chinese autocrats toward the ultra-aggressive Vladimir Putin.
In a rather passive aggressive letter, the House Minority Leader wrote.
Question those taking on the mantle of victimhood and you are immediately cast as some kind of aggressive, unfeeling oppressor.
She alighted, and her aggressive servants drew away somewhat.
And here M. Barbiche suddenly threw himself into the attitude of an enraged and aggressive monkey.
His chin, thrust slightly forward in a manner almost aggressive, showed the dusk of close-shaven hair.
The goods manager was not aggressive, and it was sometimes thought that Mathieson inclined to encroach upon his territory.
The insurgent chief advocated an aggressive war, and in the same month it was decided to send more American troops to Manila.

British Dictionary definitions for aggressive

adjective

quarrelsome or belligerentan aggressive remark

assertive; vigorousan aggressive business executive

Derived forms of aggressive

aggressively, adverbaggressiveness, noun

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