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aggressive

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ag·gres·sive / əˈgresiv/ • adj. ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression: aggressive behavior. ∎ pursuing one's aims and interests forcefully, sometimes unduly so. DERIVATIVES: ag·gres·sive·ly adv. ag·gres·sive·ness n.

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aggressive

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aggressive •impassive, massive, passive •expansive •aggressive, compressive, concessive, degressive, depressive, digressive, excessive, expressive, impressive, obsessive, oppressive, possessive, progressive, recessive, regressive, repressive, retrogressive, successive, transgressive •reflexive •apprehensive, coextensive, comprehensive, defensive, expensive, extensive, intensive, offensive, ostensive, pensive, suspensive •counteroffensive •abrasive, evasive, invasive, persuasive, pervasive •adhesive, cohesive •missive, omissive, permissive, submissive •decisive, derisive, divisive, incisive •irresponsive, responsive •corrosive, explosive, implosive, plosive •abusive, allusive, collusive, conclusive, conducive, delusive, diffusive, effusive, elusive, exclusive, illusive, inclusive, intrusive, obtrusive, preclusive, reclusive, seclusive •percussive •compulsive, convulsive, impulsive, propulsive, repulsive •purposive •coercive, cursive, excursive, subversive

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