| slovo | definícia |
aggressive
(encz) | aggressive,agresivní |
aggressive
(encz) | aggressive,útočný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Aggressive
(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, vigorous
competitiveness, energy and initiative; as, an aggressive
young executive.
Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
[WordNet 1.5]
3. (Med., Biol.) Tending to grow or spread quickly; as, an
aggressive tumor. [Narrower terms: {invasive (vs.
noninvasive) ] --AS
Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
[WordNet 1.5]
4. Tending to initiate unprovoked attacks; initiating
unprovoked military action; eager to fight; as, 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] |
aggressive
(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:
nonaggressive, unaggressive]
2: tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" [syn:
aggressive, fast-growing(a), strong-growing]
3: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive
acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn:
aggressive, belligerent] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
aggressive
(encz) | aggressive,agresivní aggressive,útočný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
aggressively
(encz) | aggressively,agresivně |
aggressiveness
(encz) | aggressiveness,agresivita n: Zdeněk Brož |
non-aggressive
(encz) | non-aggressive,neagresivní Martin Dvořák |
nonaggressive
(encz) | nonaggressive, adj: |
overaggressive
(encz) | overaggressive,přehnaně agresivní web |
unaggressive
(encz) | unaggressive, adj: |
Aggressively
(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, vigorous
competitiveness, energy and initiative; as, an aggressive
young executive.
Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
[WordNet 1.5]
3. (Med., Biol.) Tending to grow or spread quickly; as, an
aggressive tumor. [Narrower terms: {invasive (vs.
noninvasive) ] --AS
Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
[WordNet 1.5]
4. Tending to initiate unprovoked attacks; initiating
unprovoked military action; eager to fight; as, 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] |
Aggressiveness
(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, vigorous
competitiveness, energy and initiative; as, an aggressive
young executive.
Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
[WordNet 1.5]
3. (Med., Biol.) Tending to grow or spread quickly; as, an
aggressive tumor. [Narrower terms: {invasive (vs.
noninvasive) ] --AS
Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
[WordNet 1.5]
4. Tending to initiate unprovoked attacks; initiating
unprovoked military action; eager to fight; as, 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] |
aggressive
(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:
nonaggressive, unaggressive]
2: tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" [syn:
aggressive, fast-growing(a), strong-growing]
3: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive
acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn:
aggressive, belligerent] |
aggressively
(wn) | aggressively
adv 1: in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply
questioned" [syn: aggressively, sharply] |
aggressiveness
(wn) | aggressiveness
n 1: the quality of being bold and enterprising
2: a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack [syn:
aggression, aggressiveness]
3: a natural disposition to be hostile [syn: aggressiveness,
belligerence, pugnacity] |
nonaggressive
(wn) | nonaggressive
adj 1: not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
[syn: unaggressive, nonaggressive] [ant:
aggressive] |
unaggressive
(wn) | unaggressive
adj 1: not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
[syn: unaggressive, nonaggressive] [ant:
aggressive] |
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