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AGGRESSIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
Example:
aggressive drivers
Classified under:
Similar:
battleful; bellicose; combative (having or showing a ready disposition to fight)
competitive; militant (showing a fighting disposition)
hard-hitting; high-pressure (aggressively and persistently persuasive)
hostile (unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business))
in-your-face (blatantly aggressive)
obstreperous (boisterously and noisily aggressive)
predatory; rapacious; raptorial; ravening; vulturine; vulturous (living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey)
pugnacious; rough (ready and able to resort to force or violence)
scrappy (full of fighting spirit)
truculent (defiantly aggressive)
Also:
assertive; self-asserting; self-assertive (aggressively self-assured)
hostile (characterized by enmity or ill will)
offensive (for the purpose of attack rather than defense)
Antonym:
unaggressive (not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness)
Derivation:
aggressiveness (the quality of being bold and enterprising)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
Example:
a belligerent tone
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
hostile (characterized by enmity or ill will)
Derivation:
aggress (take the initiative and go on the offensive)
aggressiveness (a natural disposition to be hostile)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Tending to spread quickly
Example:
an aggressive tumor
Synonyms:
aggressive; fast-growing; strong-growing
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
invasive (marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue)
Context examples:
An aggressive lymphoma that develops in HIV-positive patients.
(AIDS-Related Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The most aggressive form of Kaposi sarcoma.
(AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive malignant mesenchymal neoplasm arising from skeletal muscle in adults.
(Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The clinical course is aggressive, with local recurrences and distant metastases.
(Adult Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive malignant smooth muscle neoplasm, occurring in adults.
(Adult Leiomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive malignant mesenchymal neoplasm characterized by the presence of bizarre round, spindle, and polygonal cells.
(Adult Anaplastic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive (fast-growing) type of T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma caused by the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1).
(adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
The vast majority of cases present as stage I tumors; however, all tumors have a potential for aggressive clinical course.
(Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive and progressive mast cell neoplasm characterized by systemic infiltration of internal organs by aggregates of neoplastic mast cells.
(Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-Hodgkin lymphoma with an aggressive clinical course.
(Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
