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1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at
the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults;
unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive
basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his convictions; aggressive drivers.  Opposite of
unaggressive.




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abrupt combative harsh offensive spanking
active contentious hawkish on the offensive spirited
acute crusty hearty partisan strenuous
adventuresome curt hostile peppy strong
adventurous disputatious hustling polarizing surly
ambitious divisive imperious polemic take-charge
animated domineering impetuous pugnacious take-over
antagonistic driving incisive pushful tough
assertive dynamic inimical pushing trenchant
battling enemy intense pushy trigger-happy
bearish energetic irascible quarrelsome truculent
beastly enterprising irritable robust unfriendly
bellicose enthusiastic jingo rough unpacific
belligerent eristic jingoish saber-rattling unpeaceable
bickering factional jingoist sanguinary unpeaceful
bloodthirsty factious jingoistic sanguineous up-and-coming
bloody ferocious keen savage venturesome
bloody-minded fierce kinetic scrappy venturous
bluff fighting litigious self-assertive vibrant
blunt forceful lively severe vigorous
bold forcible living sharp vivacious
brash forward lusty short vivid
brisk full of fight martial shrewish warlike
brusque full of pep masterful smacking warmongering
cavalier go-ahead mettlesome snappy warring
chauvinist go-go militant snippy wrangling
chauvinistic gruff militaristic soldierlike zestful
churlish hard-hitting military soldierly zesty