English Explanatory Dictionary

aggressive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.
  2. Exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
  3. That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
  4. Involving high risk for potentially high reward.
  5. Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation; butch.
noun
  1. One who is aggressive.
  2. A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.

Pronunciation

/əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/ en-us-aggressive.ogg

Word forms

aggressive more aggressive most aggressive aggressives

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive From aggress + -ive. Compare with French agressif.

Synonyms

bare-knuckle

Antonyms

passive

Related words

aggression aggressor

Derived words

aggressively aggressive mimicry aggressiveness aggressivism aggressivist aggressivity alloaggressive antiaggressive autoaggressive hyperaggressive microaggressive nonaggressive overaggressive passive-aggressive superaggressive unaggressive

Translations

Afrikaans: aggressief Albanian: agresiv Arabic: عُدْوَانِيّ Arabic: هُجُومِيّ Armenian: ագրեսիվ Asturian: agresivu Azerbaijani: aqressiv Belarusian: агрэсы́ўны Belarusian: ваяўні́чы Bulgarian: агреси́вен Bulgarian: напада́телен Catalan: agressiu Chinese Mandarin: 好鬥 /好斗 Chinese Mandarin: 好戰的 /好战的 Chinese Mandarin: 侵略的 Chinese Mandarin: 愛尋釁的 /爱寻衅的 Czech: útočný Czech: agresivní Danish: aggressiv Dutch: agressief Esperanto: agresema Estonian: kallaletungiv Finnish: aggressiivinen Finnish: hyökkäävä French: agressif Galician: agresivo Georgian: აგრესიული German: aggressiv German: angriffslustig Greek: επιθετικός Ancient Greek: ἐπιθετικός Hebrew: מתגרה Hindi: आक्रमणकारक Hindi: जंगी Hindi: धक्कामार Hindi: दंगली Hungarian: agresszív Indonesian: agresif Irish: ionsaitheach Irish: amasach Italian: aggressivo Japanese: 侵略的な Japanese: 攻撃的な Kabuverdianu: agresivu Kabuverdianu: agresive Khmer: ឈ្លានពាន Korean: 공격적인 Korean: 침략적인 Latin: pugnax Latin: aggressivus Latvian: agresīvs Lithuanian: agresyvus Macedonian: агресивен Malay: agresif Maltese: aggressiv Māori: whakaariki Māori: kairiri Māori: rīrā Mongolian: түрэмгий
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