aggressive

English

A Chihuahua displaying aggressive behaviour

Etymology

From aggress +‎ -ive. Compare with French agressif.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/

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Adjective

aggressive (comparative more aggressive, superlative most aggressive)

1. Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking.

   an aggressive policy, war, person, nation

Diligent and percussive in pursuit of goals or strategy; a non-hostile aggressive, as seen in aggressive skating or as seen in sparring matches.

• See also Wikisaurus:combative

Related terms

• aggression
• aggressively
• aggressiveness
• aggressivity
• aggressor
• passive aggressive

Translations

tending or disposed to aggress

Afrikaans: aggressief Albanian: agresiv (sq) Arabic: عدواني Bosnian: nasrtljiv Bulgarian: нападателен (bg) (napadatelen), агресивен (bg) Catalan: agressiu (ca) Chinese: Simplified Chinese: 忮, 进取 Traditional Chinese: 忮, 進取 Pinyin: zhì, jìnqǔ Croatian: ȁgresīvan (hr), násilan (hr), nasr̀tljiv (hr) Czech: útočný (cs) m., agresivní (cs) Danish: aggressiv (da) Dutch: agressief (nl) Esperanto: agresa (eo) Estonian: kallaletungiv Finnish: aggressiivinen (fi), hyökkäävä (fi) French: agressif (fr) Georgian: აგრესიული (agresiuli) German: aggressiv (de), angriffslustig (de) Greek: επιθετικός (epithetikós) m., επιθετική f., επιθετικό n. Hebrew: מתגרה Hindi: shuddhata, yatharthata Hungarian: agresszív (hu) Indonesian: agresif Irish: ionsaitheach Italian: aggressivo (it) m., aggressiva (it) f.

Japanese: 積極的 (せっきょく てき, sekkyoku teki); 侵略的な (shinryakuteki na); 攻撃的な (kōgekiteki na) Korean: 호전 (ho-jŏn) Latin: aggressivus m., aggressiva f., aggressivum n. Latvian: agresīvs Maltese: aggressiv (mt) m., aggressiva (mt) f. Mongolian: түрэмгий (mn) (türemgij) Norwegian: aggressiv (no) Papiamentu: agresivo Persian: سلطهجو Polish: agresywny (pl) Portuguese: agressivo (pt) Romanian: agresiv (ro) Russian: агрессивный (ru) Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaigheach Serbian: Cyrillic: агресиван Roman: agresivan Slovak: agresívny Slovene: nasilen (sl) Spanish: agresivo (es) Swedish: aggressiv (sv) Tagalog: mabalagsik Thai: ก้าวร้าว (gâao ráao) Turkish: saldırgan (tr) Ukrainian: агресивний (uk) (agresývnyj) Vietnamese: xâm lược (vi) Welsh: gormesol

External links

• aggressive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• aggressive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Adjective

aggressive f.

1. Feminine plural form of aggressivo

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Swedish

Adjective

aggressive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of aggressiv.