aggressive
Someone or something aggressive shows a lot of energy and has a strong impact. After the aggressive salesman stopped them again on their way through the mall, the couple got aggressive and replied in a loud, made-up foreign language until he went away.
Being aggressive often means being physical or showing force, but it is equally powerful as an adjective reflecting a forceful determination to get something done. An aggressive football player may tackle everyone in sight to get a win, while a driven student might tackle a project or problem head-on with aggressive determination to improve their grade. Aggressive comes from the Latin aggress-, "attack," and being aggressive shows an intention to attack bodily, mentally, or verbally whatever gets in the way.
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characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight“aggressive acts against another country”synonyms: belligerenthostilecharacterized by enmity or ill will
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having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends“an aggressive businessman”“an aggressive basketball player”“he was aggressive and imperious”“aggressive drivers”synonyms:hostileunsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)in-your-faceblatantly aggressiveobstreperousboisterously and noisily aggressivepredatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturousliving by preying on other animals especially by catching living preyscrappyfull of fighting spirittruculentdefiantly aggressivehostilecharacterized by enmity or ill willoffensivefor the purpose of attack rather than defenseantonyms:unaggressivenot aggressive; not given to fighting or assertivenesslow-pressurenot forcefulunassertiveinclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence
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tending to spread quickly“an aggressive tumor”synonyms: fast-growing, strong-growinginvasivemarked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
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