1 angry, and behaving in a threatening way; ready to attack:
As a teenager Sean was aggressive and moody. * a dangerous aggressive dog
2 behaving in a very determined and forceful way in order to succeed:
an aggressive advertising campaign * A good salesperson has to be aggressive in today's competitive market.
aggressively adverb:
'What do you want?' he demanded aggressively. * aggressively marketed products
aggressiveness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, aggressive is tagged as adjective.
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