Vocabulary: Adjective: aggressive |ugre-siv| 1. Having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends • aggressive drivers • an aggressive basketball player • an aggressive businessman • he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions ≈ assertive,battleful,bellicose, combative,competitive,hard-hitting,high-pressure,hostile,in-your-face,militant,obstreperous, offensive,predatory,pugnacious, rapacious,raptorial,ravening, rough,scrappy,self-asserting, self-assertive,truculent, vulturine,vulturous ◑ unaggressive 2. Tending to spread quickly • an aggressive tumour = fast-growing,strong-growing ≈ invasive 3. Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight • aggressive acts against another country = belligerent ≈ hostile Derived Noun: aggression, aggressiveness, pugnacity, aggressivity Verb: aggress Adjective: nonaggressive, unaggressive, overaggressive Adverb: aggressively
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 06:43:45 +0000
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