aggressive
adjective /əˈɡres.ɪv/Definition
B2 behaving in an angry and violent way towards another person: Men tend to be more aggressive than women. If I criticize him, he gets aggressive and starts shouting.Violent or aggressiveUnkind, cruel and unfeelingTreating people or animals badly C1 determined to win or succeed and using forceful action to win or to achieve success: an aggressive election campaign aggressive marketing tactics Both players won their first-round matches in aggressive style.Strong-willed aggressively /-li/ adverb B2 Small children often behave aggressively. The company is aggressively pursuing new business opportunities. They played more aggressively in the second half.Violent or aggressiveUnkind, cruel and unfeelingTreating people or animals badly
(Definition of aggressive adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aggro noun
- all hell breaks loose idiom
- atrocious adjective (CRUEL)
- atrocity noun
- bellicose adjective
- bloodletting noun
- fierce adjective
- fiercely adverb
- fighting words noun
- flex your muscles idiom
- forced adjective
- forcible adjective (USING PHYSICAL POWER)
- hostile adjective (ENEMY)
- road rage noun
- roughly adverb (VIOLENTLY)
- running with blood idiom
- sabre-rattling noun
- savagely adverb
- savagery noun
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