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We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no.
Edie Brickell

Meaning of "aggressive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AGGRESSIVE

aggressive  [əˈɡrɛsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AGGRESSIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aggressive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AGGRESSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

aggressive

Aggression

Aggression is overt, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or other unpleasantness upon another individual. It is a virtually universal behavior among animals. It may occur either in retaliation or without provocation. In humans, frustration due to blocked goals can cause aggression. Submissiveness may be viewed as the opposite of aggressiveness. In definitions commonly employed in the social sciences and behavioral sciences, aggression is a response by an individual that delivers something unpleasant to another person. Some definitions include that the individual must intend to harm another person. Predatory or defensive behavior between members of different species may not be considered aggression in the same sense. Aggression can take a variety of forms which may be expressed physically or communicated verbally or non-verbally: including anti-predator aggression, defensive aggression, predatory aggression, dominance aggression, inter-male...

Definition of aggressive in the English dictionary

The definition of aggressive in the dictionary is quarrelsome or belligerent. Other definition of aggressive is assertive; vigorous.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AGGRESSIVE


antiprogressive
ˌæntɪprəˈɡrɛsɪv
compressive
kəmˈprɛsɪv
depressive
dɪˈprɛsɪv
digressive
daɪˈɡrɛsɪv
expressive
ɪkˈsprɛsɪv
immunosuppressive
ˌɪmjʊnəʊsəˈprɛsɪv
impressive
ɪmˈprɛsɪv
ingressive
ɪnˈɡrɛsɪv
introgressive
ˌɪntrəˈɡrɛsɪv
nonprogressive
ˌnɒnprəˈɡrɛsɪv
oppressive
əˈprɛsɪv
overaggressive
ˌəʊvərəˈɡrɛsɪv
progressive
prəˈɡrɛsɪv
regressive
rɪˈɡrɛsɪv
repressive
rɪˈprɛsɪv
retrogressive
ˌrɛtrəʊˈɡrɛsɪv
suppressive
səˈprɛsɪv
transgressive
ˌtrænzˈɡrɛsɪv
unaggressive
ˌʌnəˈɡrɛsɪv
unprogressive
ˌʌnprəˈɡrɛsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AGGRESSIVE

aggregate
aggregate demand
aggregate score
aggregate supply
aggregate value
aggregately
aggregateness
aggregation
aggregational
aggregative
aggregatively
aggregator
aggress
aggression
aggressive accountancy
aggressively
aggressiveness
aggressivity
aggressor
aggri

WORDS THAT END LIKE AGGRESSIVE

adessive
antitussive
comprehensive
concussive
dismissive
emissive
essive
excessive
inessive
massive
obsessive
passive
passive-aggressive
percussive
permissive
possessive
recessive
submissive
successive
supermassive
unimpressive

Synonyms and antonyms of aggressive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AGGRESSIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «aggressive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of aggressive

Translation of «aggressive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AGGRESSIVE

Find out the translation of aggressive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aggressive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aggressive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

侵犯性的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agresivo
570 millions of speakers

English

aggressive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आक्रामक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عُدْوانِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

агрессивный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agressivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আক্রমনাত্মক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agressif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Agresif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aggressiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

攻撃的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공격적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Agresif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hung hăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆக்கிரமிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आक्रमक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

agresif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aggressivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

agresywny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

агресивний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agresiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιθετικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aggressiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aggressiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aggressiv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aggressive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AGGRESSIVE»

The term «aggressive» is very widely used and occupies the 9.436 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AGGRESSIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «aggressive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «aggressive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aggressive

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10 QUOTES WITH «AGGRESSIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word aggressive.
1
Simone de Beauvoir
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
2
Alex Berenson
Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum investments, redemption restrictions and aggressive strategies make them suitable mainly for more sophisticated and well-heeled investors.
3
Earl Derr Biggers
This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit.
4
Sarah Bolger
I love the dog. She comes for drives with me in the back of my car. Darby is not aggressive or judgmental. She just is. That's what I love about her. She sits there and watches 'The Fugitive' with me.
5
Samantha Bond
I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.
6
Benjamin Booker
As soon as I started writing the first batch, I had a vision. I saw me on stage playing a certain type of music. I want to take these blues melodies over aggressive guitars. I heard the sound I wanted to make. I knew what I wanted to do. It wasn't ever there before.
7
Benjamin Booker
Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music.
8
Norman Borlaug
For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries.
9
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.
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Edie Brickell
We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGGRESSIVE»

Discover the use of aggressive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aggressive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man: Coping with Hidden ...
But armed with this book, you can avoid the bumpy landings.
Scott Wetzler, 2011
2
Aggressive Behavior: Current Perspectives
In this important work twelve eminent scholars review the latest theoretical work on human aggressive behavior.
L.Rowell Huesmann, 1994
3
Be Aggressive
A Nobel-worthy combination of good-natured mockery and compassion. --NY Times. Here, at last, is a play that successfully translates Singer's moody brilliance to the stage. --Associated Press.
Annie Weisman, 2003
4
Blindsided: Recognizing and Dealing With Passive-Aggressive ...
The goal of this book is to raise the awareness of employees who work for passive-aggressive men and women so that they can begin to understand the dynamics of a passive-aggressive work environment.
Paula M. De Angelis, 2009
5
Breaking Passive-Aggressive Cycles
Help for women who are impacted by passive-aggressive men.
Dee Brown, 2010
6
Aggression Replacement Training: A Comprehensive ...
Rev. ed. of: Aggression replacement training: a comprehensive intervention for aggressive youth / Arnold P. Goldstein, Barry Glick, John C. Gibbs. Rev. ed. c1998.
Barry Glick, John C. Gibbs, 2011
7
Aggressive In-Line Skating
Discusses the sport of in-line skating, including equipment, techniques, and key figures in the sport.
Ann Weil, 2004
8
A Handbook of Play Therapy with Aggressive Children
This book is the most comprehensive and detailed compilation of specific and practical techniques available for child and play therapists to draw on in the treatment of aggressive children.
David A. Crenshaw, John B. Mordock, 2007
9
Overcoming Passive-Aggression: How to Stop Hidden Anger from ...
In Overcoming Passive-Aggression, Dr. Tim Murphy and Loriann Hoff Oberlin provide an in-depth look at a topic we've all faced but haven't always recognized: Hidden anger.
Tim Murphy Ph.D., Loriann Oberlin, 2013
10
Managing Aggressive Behaviour in Care Settings: ...
Throughout this important volume, McDonnell reveals how practical applications of low arousal methods may be implemented in care environments that include interactions with clients with intellectual disabilities, autism, and various mental ...
Andrew A. McDonnell, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGGRESSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aggressive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The tellingly aggressive boot on BP's neck
The US government's pursuit of BP over the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 finally ended last week, years later than it should have done. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
ATO warns of aggressive tax scam
The Australian Tax Office has warned of an aggressive phone scam where fraudsters intimidate people into paying a phoney tax bill. «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
3
Alonso slams 'aggressive' Lotus
Fernando Alonso has hit out at the Lotus drivers for being "far too aggressive" at the start of the British GP and saying "common sense" was ... «Planet F1, Jul 15»
4
NZICA had 'aggressive' campaign to smear rival, lawyer says
"The defendant embarked on a deliberate and aggressive public campaign of conduct designed to denigrate the plaintiff and its professional ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Andrew Strauss expects aggressive England
"You can be very aggressive with the way you play, you don't necessarily need to do it with the way you speak to the opposition and all that sort ... «Sports Mole, Jul 15»
6
Traffic jams cause drivers to become aggressive
KUALA LUMPUR: The serious traffic congestion in the Klang valley is an issue that can be likened to a “time bomb” which can explode anytime ... «Free Malaysia Today, Jul 15»
7
Aggressive Bull Sharks Surround Diver On 'Shark Trek'
Greg Skomal chose to dive without a protective cage on Sunday's episode of "Shark Trek," thinking he wouldn't encounter any aggressive ... «Newsy, Jul 15»
8
Will Liverpool's aggressive transfer strategy pay dividends?
Transfer season in the world of football can often be a tale of swings and roundabouts – shelling out money for eye-catching stars, while letting ... «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
9
RevoZport BMW M3/M4 Aero Kit Is All About Being Aggressive
With plenty of performance-oriented exterior mods, RevoZport's M aero kit is just what the doctor ordered for all you 'BMW M' enthusiasts out ... «Carscoops, Jul 15»
10
Floods leave aggressive mosquitoes in their wake
ST. JOHN | If the rain doesn't let up soon, this year's construction projects in St. John could become next year's construction projects. «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»

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