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Full of aggression or hostility

Behaving or done in a determined and forceful way

Characterized by aggression in governmental foreign relations

Ambitious or difficult to achieve

Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

Aggressive or violent in nature or character

Characterized by a rate of rapid change or growth

Resolute and steadfast in one's will or ambition

Causing anger, offense, or a strong negative reaction

Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way

Circulating or augmenting in scope rapidly

With or involving direct confrontation with someone

Having a persuasive effect

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Full of aggression or hostility

ill-humored^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

have chip on shoulder

having a chip on one's shoulder

rubbing the wrong way

terrorizing^US

covertly narcissistic

terrorising^UK

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

unfavorable^US

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“While I was depressed, I would sometimes become aggressive towards those who were only trying to help me.”

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Behaving or done in a determined and forceful way

full of get-up-and-go

not backward in coming forward

having killer instinct

not taking no for an answer

adventuresome

every man for himself

energizing^US

energising^UK

full of determination

as tough as old boots

full of vim and vigour

intensely competitive

extremely enthusiastic

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

energized^US

energised^UK

full of the joys of spring

colourful^UK

colorful^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

dexterous^US

dextrous^UK

full of the joy of living

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

bursting with good health

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

burning with excitement

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“When delivering his sales pitch, his strategy was both methodical and aggressive.”

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Characterized by aggression in governmental foreign relations

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

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“Citizens were concerned at the appointment of a security advisor with a history of pushing for aggressive foreign policies.”

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Ambitious or difficult to achieve

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

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“The executive team has set some rather aggressive sales targets for the new financial year.”

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Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

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Aggressive or violent in nature or character

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

blood-and-guts

hammer and tongs

without mercy

intensely competitive

every person for themselves

red in tooth and claw

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

environmentally unfriendly

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Characterized by a rate of rapid change or growth

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Resolute and steadfast in one's will or ambition

full of determination

committed to the idea of

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Causing anger, offense, or a strong negative reaction

like a red rag to a bull

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Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way

unpleasantly masculine

aggressively masculine

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Circulating or augmenting in scope rapidly

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With or involving direct confrontation with someone

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Having a persuasive effect

not taking no for an answer

colourful^UK

colorful^US

capable of being trusted

leaving nothing to the imagination

organized^US

organised^UK

with both feet on the ground

within the bounds of possibility

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