Aggressive - English meaning

adjective

Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something.

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An antagonistic group of bystanders

adjective

Given to arguing.

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An argumentative child

adjective

Launching or engaging in a military or violent physical attack.

Usage examples:

The attacking troops met almost no opposition at first

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

A tough, uncompromising, or intimidating person.

Usage examples:

One of them is a real badass, the other's pretty friendly

adjective

Tough, uncompromising, or intimidating.

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A badass demeanour

noun

A bad or slightly frightening person

Usage examples:

He plays a 21-year old badass who gets into a lot of trouble., this car is pure badass., badass dru…

adjective

Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

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A mood of bellicose jingoism

adjective

Hostile and aggressive.

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The mood at the meeting was belligerent

noun

A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law.

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Ships and goods captured at sea by a belligerent

adjective

Eager to fight or argue

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She was so belligerent that i gave up trying to explain.

adjective

Ready or eager to fight or argue.

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He made some enemies with his combative style

adjective

Eager to fight or argue

Usage examples:

The prime minister was in a combative mood, twice accusing the opposition of gross incompetence.

adjective

Tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative.

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He distanced himself from the confrontational approach adopted by his predecessor

adjective

Causing or involving angry disagreement

Usage examples:

Union leaders said they were disappointed by the rhetoric used by the management, and dismayed by t…

adjective

Resembling a hawk in nature or appearance.

Usage examples:

His hawkish nose

adjective

Supporting the use of force in political relationships rather than discussion or other more peaceful solutions

Usage examples:

The president is hawkish on foreign policy., such opposition only hardened their hawkish views., he…

adjective

Showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.

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A hostile audience

adjective

Characterized by enmity or ill will

adjective

Showing strong dislike; unfriendly

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Her parents were openly hostile to me., the nevada desert is one of the most hostile regions in ame…

adjective

Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.

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The big macho tough guy

noun

A man who is aggressively proud of his masculinity.

Usage examples:

I realized just what a macho i was at heart

noun

A relatively dark, dense object, such as a brown dwarf, a low-mass star, or a black hole, of a kind believed to occur in a halo around a galaxy and to contain a significant proportion of the galaxy's mass.

adjective

Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.

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His public statements became increasingly pugnacious

adjective

Wanting to start an argument or fight, or expressing an argument or opinion very forcefully

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I found him pugnacious and arrogant.

adjective

Given to or characterized by quarrelling.

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A moody, quarrelsome man

adjective

A quarrelsome person repeatedly argues with other people.

adjective

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

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The truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports

adjective

Having a bad state of mind, or behaving in a threatening manner

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He was a truculent bully.

adjective

Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

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A violent confrontation with riot police

adjective

Using or involving force to hurt or attack

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Violent crime, the police are concerned about the possibility of violent behavior at the demonstrat…

adjective

Disposed towards or threatening war; hostile.

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A warlike clan

adjective

Suited to or liking war, or threatening, as if going to fight

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A warlike mood, a warlike speech

noun

Encouragement or advocacy of aggression towards other countries or groups.

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The newspaper was accused of warmongering

adjective

Encouraging or advocating aggression towards other countries or groups.

Usage examples:

A nation controlled by a bloodthirsty warmongering madman

noun

The act of encouraging a country to go to war or of threatening violence against another country

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The president was accused of warmongering., much of the world is still engaged in senseless warmong…

adjective

(of two or more people or groups) in conflict with each other.

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Warring factions

verb

Engage in a war.

Usage examples:

Small states warred against each another

adjective

See at war.

Usage examples:

Warring groups roamed the countryside, making travel very dangerous., warring camps inside the repu…