aggressive
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.
Medicine/Medical.
(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.
Origin of aggressive
1Other words for aggressive
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Other words from aggressive
- ag·gres·sive·ly, adverb
- ag·gres·sive·ness, ag·gres·siv·i·ty [ag-re-siv-i-tee], /ˌæg rɛˈsɪv ɪ ti/, noun
- an·ti·ag·gres·sive, adjective
- hy·per·ag·gres·sive, adjective
- o·ver·ag·gres·sive, adjective
- o·ver·ag·gres·sive·ness, noun
- su·per·ag·gres·sive, adjective
- un·ag·gres·sive, adjective
- un·ag·gres·sive·ness, noun
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How to use aggressive in a sentence
I would have it noted that the tactics of this fourth stage are unaggressive.
The Brothers' War | John Calvin ReedThe said drawing-room, mid-Victorian in aspect, was decorated in white and gold and unaggressive green.
The Far Horizon | Lucas MaletMy father's replies implied his preference for the unaggressive attitude of an Agnostic.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) | Charles DarwinThey all wondered what made Aunt Priscilla so unaggressive at supper time.
A Little Girl in Old Boston | Amanda Millie DouglasPossibly a too complaisant and unaggressive Nature had spoiled them.
Openings in the Old Trail | Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for aggressive
/ (əˈɡrɛsɪv) /
quarrelsome or belligerent: an aggressive remark
assertive; vigorous: an aggressive business executive
Derived forms of aggressive
- aggressively, adverb
- aggressiveness, noun
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