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   ag·gres·sive

   /əˈɡresiv/

   adjective

   • 1. ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression: "he's very uncooperative and aggressive" Similar hostilebelligerentbellicoseantagonistictruculentpugnaciouscombativeviolentmachoconfrontationalquarrelsomeargumentativeinformal:badasswarmongeringwarlikewarringhawkishviolentcombativeattackingjingoisticmilitaristicflag-wavingsaber-rattlingoffensiveexpansionistinvasiveintrusiveinformal:gung-hoOpposite meekfriendlypeaceful
   • ▪ pursuing one's aims and interests forcefully, sometimes unduly so: "we needed more growth to pursue our aggressive acquisition strategy" Similar assertiveforcefulcompetitiveinsistentvigorousenergeticdynamicdrivingboldaudaciousenterprisinggo-aheadzealouspushinginformal:pushyin-your-facefeistyOpposite submissivediffident

   Word Origin late 17th century: from modern Latin aggressivus, from Latin aggress- ‘attacked’ (from the verb aggredi); compare with French agressif, -ive.

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