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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
     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.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
              No aggressive movement was made.      --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. marked by self-confident ambition, competitiveness, energy
        and initiative; as, an aggressive young executive.
  
     Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. 1 (Med., Biol.) tending to spread quickly an aggressive
        tumor [Narrower terms: invasive (vs. noninvasive) ]
  
     Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
        aggressive acts against another country
  
     Syn: belligerent
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     Note: Narrower related terms: bellicose, combative,
           pugnacious, scrappy, truculent ; hard-hitting,
           high-pressure ; hostile (used of attempts to buy or
           take control of a business: "hostile takeover";
           "hostile tender offer"); predatory, rapacious,
           raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous . See also:
           assertive, hostile, offensive.
           [WordNet 1.5] -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
           Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  aggressive
       adj 1: 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"
              [ant: unaggressive]
       2: marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an
          aggressive young exective"; "a pushful insurance agent";
          "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world" [syn:
          enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy]
       3: tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" [syn: fast-growing(a)]
       4: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;
          "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent
          tone" [syn: belligerent]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  aggressive
     Αγγλικά a.
     επιθετικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  aggressive
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: aggressiv)
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it aggressivo)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn aggressiv  def s)
     2 (inflection of nn aggressiv  p)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  aggressive
     a.
     1 Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in
  a way that involves attacking or arguing.
     2 (lb en programming) Of heuristics, source code optimization
  techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
     n.
     1 One who is #Adjective.
     2 (lb en US LGBT Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as
  masculine; a butch.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  aggressive
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: aggressiv)
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it aggressivo)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn aggressiv  def s)
     2 (inflection of nn aggressiv  p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  aggressive
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: aggressiv)
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it aggressivo)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn aggressiv  def s)
     2 (inflection of nn aggressiv  p)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  aggressive
     Italia a.
     (it-a-taivm a ggressiv e)
     Ruotsi a.
     (sv-a-taivm aggressiv e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  aggressive
     Engelska a.
     aggressiv
     Tyska a.
     (böjning de adj aggressiv)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  aggressive
     a.
     (böjning sv adj aggressiv)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/
  aggressief

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/
  عدوانيّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  aggressive //əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv// 
  агреси́вен, напада́телен
  tending or disposed to aggress

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/
  agresivní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/ 
  útočný

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/ 
  ymosodol 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/
  aggressiv, streitlustig, angriffslustig 
   see: more aggressive, most aggressive
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/
  
  επιθετικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  aggressive //əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv// 
  aggressiivinen, hyökkäävä
  tending or disposed to aggress

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  aggressive /əgresiv/
  agressif

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/
  agresivan, agresivni, agresivnija, energičan, napadački, napadni, nasrtljiv, snažan, uporan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/
  1. támadó
  2. agresszív
  3. veszekedô
  4. veszekedôs

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  aggressive //əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv// 
  agresif
  tending or disposed to aggress

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  aggressive /ɐɡɹˈɛsɪv/
  aggressivo

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  aggressive //əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv// 
  侵略的, 攻撃的
  tending or disposed to aggress

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  aggressive //əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv// 
  aggressiv
  tending or disposed to aggress

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  aggressive /əˈgresɪv/ 
   1.  zaczepny, agresywny
   2.  rzutki

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  aggressive /əgresiv/
  agressivo, ofensivo

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  aggressive /əgresiv/
  агрессивный

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  aggressive //əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv// 
  aggressiv
  tending or disposed to aggress

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/ʔagɾɛsˈziːfə/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈɡɹɛsɪv/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

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

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 侵略的,攻击性的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 侵略的,好斗的;敢作敢为的

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