Aggressive definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary AGGRESS'IVE, a. Tending to ... 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" [ant: nonaggressive, unaggressive] 2: tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" [syn: aggressive, fast-growing, strong-growing] 3: characteristic ...
passive-aggressive definitions Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1946 being, marked by ... an unassertive passive way (as through procrastination and stubbornness) • passive-aggressive noun
... s I. adjective Date: circa 1564 1. a. making attack ; aggressive b. of, relating to, or designed for attack < offensive weapons ... offensive language). 2 disgusting, foul-smelling, nauseous, repulsive. 3 a aggressive, attacking. b (of a weapon) meant for use in attack. --n. 1 an aggressive action or attitude (take the offensive). 2 an attack, an offensive campaign or stroke. 3 aggressive or forceful action in pursuit of a cause (a peace ... to the stomach.'' --Bacon. 3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive ... state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to ...
... 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive, belligerent] 2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn ... adverb Synonyms: belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. belligerent often implies being actually at war ... Collin's Cobuild Dictionary A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive. He was almost back to his belligerent mood of twelve months ago. = aggressive ADJ • belligerently 'Why not?' he asked belligerently. ADV • belligerence He ... war, contending party, antagonist, rival, combatant, opponent. Moby Thesaurus acrid, aggressive, antagonist, antagonistic, antipathetic, ardent, argumental, argumentative, attacking, battler, battling, ...
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply questioned" [syn: aggressively, sharply] Merriam Webster's adverb see aggressive Webster's 1913 Dictionary Aggressive Ag*gres"sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed ... aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see aggressive
... hostile [syn: aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity] Merriam Webster's noun see aggressive Webster's 1913 Dictionary Aggressive Ag*gres"sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.] Tending or disposed ... aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see aggressive
... in the empire. Neither was it simply because Christianity was aggressive and given to proselytism and dared to appear even in the imperial household: Mithraism and Isism were militant and aggressive, and yet were tolerated. Nor was it simply because of ... be glad of an opportunity of taking revenge on their aggressive opponents. (2) Christians had already become in the eyes of ... measures. Christianity was now in the ascendancy and on the aggressive. It not only persecuted paganism, but the dominant Christian party ...
... wild animal Date: 14th century 1. a. violently hostile or aggressive in temperament b. given to fighting or killing ; pugnacious 2 ... of schoolboys >. Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. (fiercer, fiercest) 1 vehemently aggressive or frightening in temper or action, violent. 2 eager, intense ... in English. 1. A fierce animal or person is very aggressive or angry. They look like the teeth of some fierce ... Moby Thesaurus Draconian, Tartarean, abandoned, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, aggressive, amok, angry, animal, antagonistic, anthropophagous, astringent, atrocious, awful, barbaric, barbarous ...
... taken as short for aggression Date: 1969 1. British deliberately aggressive, provoking, or violent behavior 2. British exasperation, irritation II. adjective Date: 1970 aggressive or aggressively daring in style or manner < aggro music > < aggro surfing > Oxford Reference Dictionary n. sl. 1 aggressive troublemaking. 2 trouble, difficulty. Etymology: abbr. of AGGRAVATION (see AGGRAVATE ... thing of the past. = hassle N-UNCOUNT 2. Aggro is aggressive or violent behaviour. (BRIT INFORMAL) They could see there wasn ...
... from invade.] Entering on another's possessions with hostile designs; aggressive. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: relating to a ... tissue; "invasive cancer cells" [ant: confined] 3: involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war" [syn: incursive, invading, invasive] 4: gradually intrusive ... F. invasif. See Invade.] Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. ``Invasive war.'' --Hoole. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. You use ...
... cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny] n 1: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug ... loud fast-moving form of rock music with crude and aggressive effects. b (in full punk rocker) a devotee of this ... rock music that is played in a fast, loud, and aggressive way and is often a protest against conventional attitudes and ...
... it si called an offensive war, and such attack is aggressive. When war is undertaken to repel invasion or the attacks ... nation, is called an offensive war, and such attack is aggressive. War undertaken to repel invasion, or the attacks of an ... case of Jericho and Ai, the war did not become aggressive till after the death of Joshua. Till then the attack ...