aggressive
(adjective) having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; “an aggressive businessman”; “an aggressive basketball player”; “he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions”; “aggressive drivers”
aggressive, belligerent
(adjective) characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; “aggressive acts against another country”; “a belligerent tone”
aggressive, fast-growing, strong-growing
(adjective) tending to spread quickly; “an aggressive tumor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aggressive (comparative more aggressive, superlative most aggressive)
Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing.
(programming) Of heuristics, source code optimization techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
(pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
• See also combative
• passive
Source: Wiktionary
Ag*gres"sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
Definition: Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
No aggressive movement was made. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 December 2024
(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
