aggressiveadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈɡrɛsɪv/, U.S.

/əˈɡrɛsɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aggressivus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin aggressivus (1535 or earlier) < classical Latin aggress- , past participial stem of aggredī to attack (see aggress v.) + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare French agressif (1793). In the specific use in psychology (see sense A. 6) after German aggressiv (early 19th cent.; 1907 (in the passage translated in quot. 1909) or earlier in psychological contexts); compare aggression n. 4.

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to aggression; involving attack; offensive.Not recognized by dictionaries until the mid 19th cent.

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society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective]

offensable1489

offensivec1555

aggressive1695

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective]

offensivec1555

aggressive1695

aggro1985

1695 R. Ferguson Whether Preserving Protestant Relig. 26 This the Prince of Orange and his mercenary Tools were sufficiently aware of, and therefore made that the Pretence both of the Invasion, and of the aggressive War, we made afterwards on France.

1716 Tories Addr. to King G——e 37 As if All-ruling Providence Were pleas'd to punish our Offence, By our Aggressive Treasons vile.

1749 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 2) IV. 104 He proposes to avoid aggressive violence, if her Brother and he meet in town.

1824 S. Smith Wks. (1869) 468 Jealous of the aggressive pleasantry of more favoured people.

1837 Ld. Palmerston Opinions & Policy (1852) 362 The only Country in which financial difficulties constitute an obstacle to aggressive warfare.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. ii. 36 An aggressive war, as distinguished from mere plundering inroads.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 8 Jan. 6/2 Lord Lawrence used to speak of England's aggressive policy in India as the ‘K.C.B.’ mania.

1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. xliii. 119 Dominance aggression is generally presented as sudden, unprovoked aggressive attacks by intact, pure-bred male dogs at approximately two years of age.

a. Tending or disposed to attack others.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > disposed to hostile action

aggressive1773

fire-eating1811

pistolling1877

muscle flexing1905

sword-in-hand1906

storm-trooping1933

butt-kicking1973

slash-and-burn1978

ill1979

the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [adjective] > disposed to hostile attacks

aggressive1773

hard1923

1773 Present State Brit. Interest in India 164 An army of observation; ever ready to pour in, at any quarter, on the back of an aggressive enemy.

1840 H. H. Milman Hist. Christianity II. ii. ix. 260 To follow any vigorous impulse from a determined and incessantly aggressive few.

1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming xvi. 163 Pike, and perch, the most quarrelsome, and aggressive fish.

1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. ii. 43 It included warlike and aggressive nations.

1907 C. MacAlister Old Pioneering Days in Sunny South 146 One morning, in an up-country town, I witnessed a fierce brawl between an aggressive bagman and a tipsy shearer.

1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 63 I find Mr. Bernard Shaw far more tolerable and much less aggressive in conversation than on paper or on the platform.

2010 Independent 11 Jan. 18/2 A second wave of releases which is seeing additional species, including the aggressive snapping turtle dumped in the wild.

b. Medicine and Biology. Of a disease, disease process, or infection: active; rapidly progressive; spreading or metastasizing, esp. quickly or extensively. Of a microorganism or its properties: causing such disease; highly pathogenic; virulent.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > spreading or invasive

runninga1382

walkinga1398

erratic1547

accessive1575

errant1621

vagrant1656

metastatic1822

ambulant1828

aggressive1851

proliferous1874

proliferative1888

metastasizing1906

invasive1926

1851 Lancet 22 Feb. 222/2 I may here refer to certain experiments which I made some years since to test the aggressive and parasitic powers of fungi.

1856 Med. & Surg. Reporter 9 1 Since the first appearance of typhoid fever in the West, its course has been uniformly aggressive.

1884 Lancet 16 Feb. 299/1 Lupus occurring in single patches, slowly aggressive at their borders.

1906 Clin. Jrnl. 5 Sept. 334/2 Yet when pericarditis does appear [in acute rheumatism in children] it would not seem to have lost any of its virulence, for it appears to be more aggressive, more assertive, than hitherto.

1937 Ann. Appl. Biol. 24 269 It became increasingly evident that infection [with Botrytis cinerea] was of two types, ‘aggressive’ and ‘non-aggressive’. The former causes blackening and death of part or the whole of the shoot system... The latter merely causes the death of localized areas of tissue.

1953 F. T. Brooks Plant Dis. (ed. 2) x. 150 From January to April..the fungus may resume activity in suitable weather and again become aggressive.

1994 J. Coe What a Carve Up! (1995) 329 The fevers and night sweats might well derive from something else entirely, some aggressive but treatable infection.

2002 N.Y. Times 28 June a14/4 The drug tamoxifen, widely prescribed for women with breast cancer..may cause a rare but aggressive cancer of the uterus.

c. Chemistry. Of a substance: that tends to attack and alter the structure of other substances; corrosive.

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > of or relating to miscellaneous other properties

sweet1666

nimble1671

watery1741

unvitriolized1757

greedy1758

unneutralized1758

unvitrifiable1758

free1783

fixed1800

nascent1800

inorganic1831

assimilative1837

unnitrogenized1846

inactive1848

kaligenous1854

unacceptant1866

aggressive1888

oligodynamic1893

chromotropic1899

undissociated1899

osmophoric1901

thermochromic1904

unary1923

non-stoichiometric1943

odoriphoric1944

slow-release1946

sonoluminescent1961

uniaxial1965

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > corroded > corrosive

corrosivec1386

cankeringa1450

succorrosive?1541

caustic1555

corsive1576

mordant1601

corroding1605

corrodiating1640

diabrotic1775

ardent1799

corrodent1835

aggressive1888

1888 Ninth Ann. Rep. Ohio Soc. Surveyors & Civil Engineers 139 Water is an aggressive substance... It is active, ever at work, either building up or pulling down.

1906 Bull. Iowa Inst. 8 437 A highly seasoned meal, during which the teeth have encountered..various aggressive chemicals, in our canned corn or even beef.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. x. 665 If the pressure of CO₂ in the atmosphere is now raised, more CO₂ will enter the liquid phase and will start attacking any solid CaCO₃ still present. Such CO₂ is therefore said to be aggressive.

1978 Environmental Conservation: Chemicals (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 6 Where especially aggressive materials are involved it is common practice for the pipes to be protected internally.

2011 H.-W. Heldt & B. Piechulla Plant Biochem. (ed. 4) iii. 103 The hydroxyl radical (·OH) is a very aggressive substance and damages enzymes and lipids by oxidation.

3. Medicine and Surgery. Of medical or surgical treatment: involving intervention; active; intensive or extensive; radical.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [adjective] > other miscellaneous treatments

sublimate1585

heroical1769

Perkinean1798

Perkinistic1803

heroic1818

adjuvant1834

aggressive1837

calmative1871

bacteriotherapeutic1886

mechanotherapeutic1915

inhalational1944

non-invasive1968

invasive1972

vegetablized1974

multidisciplinarian1985

1837 Western Jrnl. Med. & Physical Sci. 11 536 We must..protract the use [of alterants] till through a gradual, slow process, the morbid action is overcome by gentle solicitation rather than by severe aggressive medication.

1861 Chicago Med. Jrnl. 4 420 This course not only is attended by far less suffering in cases necessarily mortal, but by the more frequent recovery of cases which, under the aggressive form of treatment, seem likely to have come to the same termination.

1890 N. Senn Princ. Surg. x. 241 Modern aggressive surgery has greatly diminished the mortality of acute osteomyelitis.

1906 Columbus Med. Jrnl. 30 518 Jugulating disease is not only a probability, but is almost a certainty, if active, aggressive intervention is made early.

1966 Postgrad. Med. 40 94/1 (title) Aggressive treatment of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis.

1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 366/1 The above findings would fulfill the criteria for a ‘hypertensive crisis’..and require immediate aggressive therapy to lower blood pressure.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Aug. i. 1/2 Many prostate cancer patients can choose a passive treatment, like watchful waiting, or a more aggressive therapy, like radiation or surgery.

a. Originally U.S. Energetic, enterprising; self-assertive, pushy.

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the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective]

crousea1400

crank1499

cockish1551

forward1561

forthyc1565

forthputting?1577

perching1579

perk1579

perking?1584

officious1596

pratchant1596

putting-forth1621

obtrusive1652

petulcous1661

pushing1682

coxy1728

cocky1768

bumptious1801

furthy1808

upsetting1817

perky1820

self-asserting1821

protrusive1841

self-assertive1849

aggressive1855

self-assertory1867

perkisha1870

pushful1871

pushy1874

forritsome1894

chesty1900

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > energetic or enterprising > and inconsiderate

pushing1682

aggressive1855

pushful1871

pushy1874

forritsome1894

1855 Presbyterial Critic & Monthly Rev. 1 365 The great success of the Methodist body, as an aggressive organization, is attributable to the possession of the great class of aggressive officers.

1880 Public Health Rep. & Papers 1879 (Amer. Public Health Assoc.) 5 p. vii New York City had secured the Metropolitan Sanitary Act, which gave her a most efficient and aggressive Board of Health.

1889 Rep. Postmaster-Gen. (U.S.) 5 The service will never be vitalized for its highest good and compacted for the right kind of aggressive work until the burdens of these important officials are partly unloaded upon some other officer.

1905 Dept. Bull. (N.Y. State Educ. Dept.) 39 Aggressive educational statesmanship among teachers and public officials is the need of our time.

1910 Hardware Dealers' Mag. May 1200/1 (advt.) Wanted—A good, live, aggressive salesman who can sell pumps, windmills and gasoline engines on a commission basis.

1956 Winnipeg Free Press 19 Jan. 34/1 We require 2 salesmen!.. Only aggressive men need apply.

1959 H. E. Salisbury Shook-up Generation xi. 154 ‘Aggressive group work’..means that instead of sitting in offices..the Youth Board goes out on to the street, finds the youngsters who are in trouble..and begins to work with them right in the neighbourhood.

1966 Which? Aug. 268/1 Co-operative Societies are giving private industry an example of aggressive retailing.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Jan. iii. 11/4 Like many other Merrill executives, he was an aggressive seller of the company's stock through much of 2000 and 2001.

b. Finance. Of investment or an investment policy: adventurous, enterprising; not cautious or averse to risk; esp. concentrating on growth and high yields, rather than long-term security.

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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > other attributes of investments or capital

sound1601

unexchanged1618

discountable1771

defensive1857

uncalled1869

callable1874

pooled1888

unwatered1893

labile1894

aggressive1899

non-callable1902

geared1930

escrowed1946

undynamized1969

banded1987

1899 G. C. Musgrave Under Three Flags in Cuba xv. 364 While American capital is cautious, English capitalists are..making effective arrangements for aggressive investment [in Cuba].

1939 Amer. Econ. Rev. 29 46 Representatives of this money on the board of directors may serve to hamper an aggressive investment policy.

1972 N.Y. Times 21 Feb. 43/2 The French Government decided that it could meet the ‘American challenge’ only by promoting mergers and aggressive investments to develop corporations of a worldwide scale.

1991 Business Week 18 Nov. 162/4 Aggressive growth investors should keep in mind that an actively managed portfolio will generally do better than a ‘passive’ investment that follows an index.

2007 Observer 29 Apr. (Business section) 4/2 Hedge funds have grown in popularity as their more aggressive stance can offer higher returns for investors than if they placed their money with conventional money managers.

a. That catches one's attention forcibly or threateningly.

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1875 Peterson's Mag. Apr. 266/1 She had a fondness for cheap adornments, for fine bonnets, and cups of aggressive colors.

1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 227 The aggressive, bullying horn which some motorists deliberately use.

1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes xiv. 111 In the Pollack..the lower jaw has an aggressive sweep.

1981 A. Sillitoe Second Chance 51 An aggressive banging of church bells.

1987 Graphics World Nov.–Dec. 3/2 The dark and ‘aggressive’ red..was previously the mainstay of post offices.

2001 Computer Music May 29/2 (caption) Here's a much more aggressive glissando.

b. Originally U.S. Of a taste, smell, etc.: powerful, harsh, astringent; spec. (of wine) having a marked acidic or tannic flavour (usually as an undesirable quality).

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1881 N.Y. Herald 24 Dec. 5/1 There are so many..odors that... even the aggressive aroma of the Limburger loses its individuality.

1895 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Nov. 904/1 This [fruit]..is of gigantic size, and endowed with a correspondingly aggressive odor.

1936 Punch 1 Jan. 9/2 To-day Nutmeg was eating some of that appalling new cheese he persuaded you to get for him. It has a most aggressive bouquet.

1940 H. J. Grossman Guide to Wines, Spirits & Beers vi. 83 The volcanic regions of..Etna produce a wine of great strength and aggressive bouquet.

1968 I. C. Taylor Highland Whisky (An Comunn Gaidhealach) 4 To some the powerful peatiness of Laphroaig [whisky] may be too aggressive.

1991 Decanter Aug. 59/2 Then came an aggressive grip of tannin..compensated for by a sweet, vinous aftertaste.

2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Sept. d11/5 A California mourvèdre and an Alsatian riesling that go well with these aggressive flavors.

6. Psychology. Of, relating to, or characterized by, aggression (see aggression n. 4).

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > want of confidence > [adjective] > reacting aggressively

aggressive1909

extrapunitive1938

1909 F. Peterson & A. A. Brill tr. C. G. Jung Psychol. Dementia Praecox ii. 48 Women betray themselves by an unbridled aggressive gayety [Ger. aggressive Lustigkeit], the men by sudden disproportionate alcoholic and other excesses.

1913 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Interpretation of Dreams iv. 134 In the sexual make-up of many people there is a masochistic component, which has arisen through the conversion of the aggressive, sadistic component into its opposite.

1917 B. Glueck & J. E. Lind tr. A. Adler Neurotic Constit. (1921) v. 157 Forms of the aggressive impulse become accentuated through the feeling of inferiority.

1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook v. 56 A component..of aggressive-defensive self-assertion, has been recognized in laughter.

1950 B. Wootton Test. Social Sci. ii. 8 Aggressive behaviour means physical actions like letting off bombs, or, on a milder scale, giving vent to cross words or looks.

1995 P. A. Tyler in C. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. iii. vi. 108 Depressed people, who are thought to be turning their unconscious oral aggressive impulses inwards, become more depressed when presented with aggressive images (a stylized picture of a cannibal).

†B. n.

Aggressive action or behaviour; an aggressive course. Usually with the. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > attitude

aggressive1698

the offensive1712

1698 J. Sergeant Non Vltra 123 He had causlesly, and uncharitably, imputed the same to himself; which..is the distinguishing Character between Mr. Le Grand's Aggressive, and my Defensive.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. ii. 311 Soult..at once assumed the aggressive.

1875 Pennsylvania School Jrnl. Aug. 46/1 Finally the mother, in despair, left the aggressive, and tried the persuasive.

Compounds

aggressive beggar n. originally U.S. a person who engages in aggressive begging.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation.

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1886 Fun 20 Jan. 30/1 (caption) Aggressive beggar.—‘Parding, guv'ner. 'Ave yer a pipe of backer ter give a poor cove?’

1912 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 15 Aug. 10/7 Police are kept busy watching for aggressive beggars and pickpockets.

1985 Los Angeles Times 31 July i. 9/1 So many homeless street people clutter downtown sidewalks..that the city is considering a law to punish aggressive beggars.

2006 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 23 Aug. 7 Gloucestershire police launched a crackdown on aggressive beggars in the city centre,..enforcing a zero-tolerance policy.

aggressive begging n. originally U.S. the (illegal) action of begging for money in a manner considered to be unduly threatening or intimidating, esp. as defined by a local by-law.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation.

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1976 Anthropol. Q. 49 234 Behavior such as aggressive begging..may be viewed..as threatening and thus evoke realistic hostility.

1987 N.Y. Times 27 Oct. a18/1 ‘Aggressive’ begging is defined in the law as ‘with intent to intimidate’.

2006 Maclean's (Nexis) 16 Jan. 12 By cracking down on petty ‘lifestyle’ crimes—prostitution, drug use, aggressive begging—a city makes itself less susceptible to more serious crime.

aggressive mimicry n. Zoology mimicry (mimicry n. 2) in which a predator or parasite benefits from having markings or other features which make it appear harmless or attractive to a prey or host species.

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1890 E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xiii. 266 In most cases of Aggressive Mimicry one species resembles another in order to be able to approach it without exciting suspicion.

1933 Science 24 Feb. 201/1 Great zoologists..firmly believe that the pure Darwin principle explains..color evolution as seen in protective and aggressive mimicry.

1973 H. L. Nieburg Culture Storm ii. 29 The zonetailed hawk..glides in the company of vultures because small animals have no fear of these carrion-eaters. This pattern has been called ‘aggressive’ mimicry.

2002 M. D. Greenfield Signalers & Receivers iii. 68 In what may be the most spectacular example of aggressive mimicry among animals, female bolas spiders (Mastophora..) attract males of various moth species with a lure that includes compounds identical to major components of the female sex pheromones of those moths.

aggressive panhandler n. U.S. = aggressive beggar n.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation.

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1961 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 1 June 22/2 The city was peopled extensively by aggressive panhandlers.

1971 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. 8/1 Most recently, there has appeared a special category of aggressive panhandler, whose pitch often seems a threat.

1998 San Francisco Chron. (Electronic ed.) 16 Dec. b1 Bay Area merchants..have to deal with homeless in their doorways, aggressive panhandlers,..litter and shoplifting.

aggressive panhandling n. U.S. = aggressive begging n.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation.

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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging

thigging1331

cravingc1430

rogation?1536

progging1579

skeldering1600

begging1606

beggary1608

maunding1608

maund1610

gooding1646

mendication1646

mumping1685

mendicity1756

cadge1819

cadging1859

mumpery1894

plinging1910

yegging1913

panhandling1931

aggressive panhandling1981

1981 New York 19 Jan. 21/1 Quality-of-life offences such as aggressive panhandling, smoking in the subway, drunkenness, brawling, urinating on sidewalks and in the subways.

2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 14 Jan. 47/1 ‘We were too busy’ to do anything about street prostitution, aggressive panhandling, graffiti, and low-level drug dealing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aggressive
释义	aggressiveadj.n. Brit. /əˈɡrɛsɪv/, U.S. /əˈɡrɛsɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aggressivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin aggressivus (1535 or earlier) < classical Latin aggress- , past participial stem of aggredī to attack (see aggress v.) + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare French agressif (1793). In the specific use in psychology (see sense A. 6) after German aggressiv (early 19th cent.; 1907 (in the passage translated in quot. 1909) or earlier in psychological contexts); compare aggression n. 4. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to aggression; involving attack; offensive.Not recognized by dictionaries until the mid 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] offensable1489 offensivec1555 aggressive1695 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] offensivec1555 aggressive1695 aggro1985 1695 R. Ferguson Whether Preserving Protestant Relig. 26 This the Prince of Orange and his mercenary Tools were sufficiently aware of, and therefore made that the Pretence both of the Invasion, and of the aggressive War, we made afterwards on France. 1716 Tories Addr. to King G——e 37 As if All-ruling Providence Were pleas'd to punish our Offence, By our Aggressive Treasons vile. 1749 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 2) IV. 104 He proposes to avoid aggressive violence, if her Brother and he meet in town. 1824 S. Smith Wks. (1869) 468 Jealous of the aggressive pleasantry of more favoured people. 1837 Ld. Palmerston Opinions & Policy (1852) 362 The only Country in which financial difficulties constitute an obstacle to aggressive warfare. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. ii. 36 An aggressive war, as distinguished from mere plundering inroads. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 8 Jan. 6/2 Lord Lawrence used to speak of England's aggressive policy in India as the ‘K.C.B.’ mania. 1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. xliii. 119 Dominance aggression is generally presented as sudden, unprovoked aggressive attacks by intact, pure-bred male dogs at approximately two years of age. 2. a. Tending or disposed to attack others. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > disposed to hostile action aggressive1773 fire-eating1811 pistolling1877 muscle flexing1905 sword-in-hand1906 storm-trooping1933 butt-kicking1973 slash-and-burn1978 ill1979 the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [adjective] > disposed to hostile attacks aggressive1773 hard1923 1773 Present State Brit. Interest in India 164 An army of observation; ever ready to pour in, at any quarter, on the back of an aggressive enemy. 1840 H. H. Milman Hist. Christianity II. ii. ix. 260 To follow any vigorous impulse from a determined and incessantly aggressive few. 1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming xvi. 163 Pike, and perch, the most quarrelsome, and aggressive fish. 1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. ii. 43 It included warlike and aggressive nations. 1907 C. MacAlister Old Pioneering Days in Sunny South 146 One morning, in an up-country town, I witnessed a fierce brawl between an aggressive bagman and a tipsy shearer. 1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 63 I find Mr. Bernard Shaw far more tolerable and much less aggressive in conversation than on paper or on the platform. 2010 Independent 11 Jan. 18/2 A second wave of releases which is seeing additional species, including the aggressive snapping turtle dumped in the wild. b. Medicine and Biology. Of a disease, disease process, or infection: active; rapidly progressive; spreading or metastasizing, esp. quickly or extensively. Of a microorganism or its properties: causing such disease; highly pathogenic; virulent. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > spreading or invasive runninga1382 walkinga1398 erratic1547 accessive1575 errant1621 vagrant1656 metastatic1822 ambulant1828 aggressive1851 proliferous1874 proliferative1888 metastasizing1906 invasive1926 1851 Lancet 22 Feb. 222/2 I may here refer to certain experiments which I made some years since to test the aggressive and parasitic powers of fungi. 1856 Med. & Surg. Reporter 9 1 Since the first appearance of typhoid fever in the West, its course has been uniformly aggressive. 1884 Lancet 16 Feb. 299/1 Lupus occurring in single patches, slowly aggressive at their borders. 1906 Clin. Jrnl. 5 Sept. 334/2 Yet when pericarditis does appear [in acute rheumatism in children] it would not seem to have lost any of its virulence, for it appears to be more aggressive, more assertive, than hitherto. 1937 Ann. Appl. Biol. 24 269 It became increasingly evident that infection [with Botrytis cinerea] was of two types, ‘aggressive’ and ‘non-aggressive’. The former causes blackening and death of part or the whole of the shoot system... The latter merely causes the death of localized areas of tissue. 1953 F. T. Brooks Plant Dis. (ed. 2) x. 150 From January to April..the fungus may resume activity in suitable weather and again become aggressive. 1994 J. Coe What a Carve Up! (1995) 329 The fevers and night sweats might well derive from something else entirely, some aggressive but treatable infection. 2002 N.Y. Times 28 June a14/4 The drug tamoxifen, widely prescribed for women with breast cancer..may cause a rare but aggressive cancer of the uterus. c. Chemistry. Of a substance: that tends to attack and alter the structure of other substances; corrosive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > of or relating to miscellaneous other properties sweet1666 nimble1671 watery1741 unvitriolized1757 greedy1758 unneutralized1758 unvitrifiable1758 free1783 fixed1800 nascent1800 inorganic1831 assimilative1837 unnitrogenized1846 inactive1848 kaligenous1854 unacceptant1866 aggressive1888 oligodynamic1893 chromotropic1899 undissociated1899 osmophoric1901 thermochromic1904 unary1923 non-stoichiometric1943 odoriphoric1944 slow-release1946 sonoluminescent1961 uniaxial1965 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > corroded > corrosive corrosivec1386 cankeringa1450 succorrosive?1541 caustic1555 corsive1576 mordant1601 corroding1605 corrodiating1640 diabrotic1775 ardent1799 corrodent1835 aggressive1888 1888 Ninth Ann. Rep. Ohio Soc. Surveyors & Civil Engineers 139 Water is an aggressive substance... It is active, ever at work, either building up or pulling down. 1906 Bull. Iowa Inst. 8 437 A highly seasoned meal, during which the teeth have encountered..various aggressive chemicals, in our canned corn or even beef. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. x. 665 If the pressure of CO₂ in the atmosphere is now raised, more CO₂ will enter the liquid phase and will start attacking any solid CaCO₃ still present. Such CO₂ is therefore said to be aggressive. 1978 Environmental Conservation: Chemicals (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 6 Where especially aggressive materials are involved it is common practice for the pipes to be protected internally. 2011 H.-W. Heldt & B. Piechulla Plant Biochem. (ed. 4) iii. 103 The hydroxyl radical (·OH) is a very aggressive substance and damages enzymes and lipids by oxidation. 3. Medicine and Surgery. Of medical or surgical treatment: involving intervention; active; intensive or extensive; radical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [adjective] > other miscellaneous treatments sublimate1585 heroical1769 Perkinean1798 Perkinistic1803 heroic1818 adjuvant1834 aggressive1837 calmative1871 bacteriotherapeutic1886 mechanotherapeutic1915 inhalational1944 non-invasive1968 invasive1972 vegetablized1974 multidisciplinarian1985 1837 Western Jrnl. Med. & Physical Sci. 11 536 We must..protract the use [of alterants] till through a gradual, slow process, the morbid action is overcome by gentle solicitation rather than by severe aggressive medication. 1861 Chicago Med. Jrnl. 4 420 This course not only is attended by far less suffering in cases necessarily mortal, but by the more frequent recovery of cases which, under the aggressive form of treatment, seem likely to have come to the same termination. 1890 N. Senn Princ. Surg. x. 241 Modern aggressive surgery has greatly diminished the mortality of acute osteomyelitis. 1906 Columbus Med. Jrnl. 30 518 Jugulating disease is not only a probability, but is almost a certainty, if active, aggressive intervention is made early. 1966 Postgrad. Med. 40 94/1 (title) Aggressive treatment of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis. 1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 366/1 The above findings would fulfill the criteria for a ‘hypertensive crisis’..and require immediate aggressive therapy to lower blood pressure. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Aug. i. 1/2 Many prostate cancer patients can choose a passive treatment, like watchful waiting, or a more aggressive therapy, like radiation or surgery. 4. a. Originally U.S. Energetic, enterprising; self-assertive, pushy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective] crousea1400 crank1499 cockish1551 forward1561 forthyc1565 forthputting?1577 perching1579 perk1579 perking?1584 officious1596 pratchant1596 putting-forth1621 obtrusive1652 petulcous1661 pushing1682 coxy1728 cocky1768 bumptious1801 furthy1808 upsetting1817 perky1820 self-asserting1821 protrusive1841 self-assertive1849 aggressive1855 self-assertory1867 perkisha1870 pushful1871 pushy1874 forritsome1894 chesty1900 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > energetic or enterprising > and inconsiderate pushing1682 aggressive1855 pushful1871 pushy1874 forritsome1894 1855 Presbyterial Critic & Monthly Rev. 1 365 The great success of the Methodist body, as an aggressive organization, is attributable to the possession of the great class of aggressive officers. 1880 Public Health Rep. & Papers 1879 (Amer. Public Health Assoc.) 5 p. vii New York City had secured the Metropolitan Sanitary Act, which gave her a most efficient and aggressive Board of Health. 1889 Rep. Postmaster-Gen. (U.S.) 5 The service will never be vitalized for its highest good and compacted for the right kind of aggressive work until the burdens of these important officials are partly unloaded upon some other officer. 1905 Dept. Bull. (N.Y. State Educ. Dept.) 39 Aggressive educational statesmanship among teachers and public officials is the need of our time. 1910 Hardware Dealers' Mag. May 1200/1 (advt.) Wanted—A good, live, aggressive salesman who can sell pumps, windmills and gasoline engines on a commission basis. 1956 Winnipeg Free Press 19 Jan. 34/1 We require 2 salesmen!.. Only aggressive men need apply. 1959 H. E. Salisbury Shook-up Generation xi. 154 ‘Aggressive group work’..means that instead of sitting in offices..the Youth Board goes out on to the street, finds the youngsters who are in trouble..and begins to work with them right in the neighbourhood. 1966 Which? Aug. 268/1 Co-operative Societies are giving private industry an example of aggressive retailing. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Jan. iii. 11/4 Like many other Merrill executives, he was an aggressive seller of the company's stock through much of 2000 and 2001. b. Finance. Of investment or an investment policy: adventurous, enterprising; not cautious or averse to risk; esp. concentrating on growth and high yields, rather than long-term security. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > other attributes of investments or capital sound1601 unexchanged1618 discountable1771 defensive1857 uncalled1869 callable1874 pooled1888 unwatered1893 labile1894 aggressive1899 non-callable1902 geared1930 escrowed1946 undynamized1969 banded1987 1899 G. C. Musgrave Under Three Flags in Cuba xv. 364 While American capital is cautious, English capitalists are..making effective arrangements for aggressive investment [in Cuba]. 1939 Amer. Econ. Rev. 29 46 Representatives of this money on the board of directors may serve to hamper an aggressive investment policy. 1972 N.Y. Times 21 Feb. 43/2 The French Government decided that it could meet the ‘American challenge’ only by promoting mergers and aggressive investments to develop corporations of a worldwide scale. 1991 Business Week 18 Nov. 162/4 Aggressive growth investors should keep in mind that an actively managed portfolio will generally do better than a ‘passive’ investment that follows an index. 2007 Observer 29 Apr. (Business section) 4/2 Hedge funds have grown in popularity as their more aggressive stance can offer higher returns for investors than if they placed their money with conventional money managers. 5. a. That catches one's attention forcibly or threateningly. ΚΠ 1875 Peterson's Mag. Apr. 266/1 She had a fondness for cheap adornments, for fine bonnets, and cups of aggressive colors. 1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 227 The aggressive, bullying horn which some motorists deliberately use. 1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes xiv. 111 In the Pollack..the lower jaw has an aggressive sweep. 1981 A. Sillitoe Second Chance 51 An aggressive banging of church bells. 1987 Graphics World Nov.–Dec. 3/2 The dark and ‘aggressive’ red..was previously the mainstay of post offices. 2001 Computer Music May 29/2 (caption) Here's a much more aggressive glissando. b. Originally U.S. Of a taste, smell, etc.: powerful, harsh, astringent; spec. (of wine) having a marked acidic or tannic flavour (usually as an undesirable quality). ΚΠ 1881 N.Y. Herald 24 Dec. 5/1 There are so many..odors that... even the aggressive aroma of the Limburger loses its individuality. 1895 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Nov. 904/1 This [fruit]..is of gigantic size, and endowed with a correspondingly aggressive odor. 1936 Punch 1 Jan. 9/2 To-day Nutmeg was eating some of that appalling new cheese he persuaded you to get for him. It has a most aggressive bouquet. 1940 H. J. Grossman Guide to Wines, Spirits & Beers vi. 83 The volcanic regions of..Etna produce a wine of great strength and aggressive bouquet. 1968 I. C. Taylor Highland Whisky (An Comunn Gaidhealach) 4 To some the powerful peatiness of Laphroaig [whisky] may be too aggressive. 1991 Decanter Aug. 59/2 Then came an aggressive grip of tannin..compensated for by a sweet, vinous aftertaste. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Sept. d11/5 A California mourvèdre and an Alsatian riesling that go well with these aggressive flavors. 6. Psychology. Of, relating to, or characterized by, aggression (see aggression n. 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > want of confidence > [adjective] > reacting aggressively aggressive1909 extrapunitive1938 1909 F. Peterson & A. A. Brill tr. C. G. Jung Psychol. Dementia Praecox ii. 48 Women betray themselves by an unbridled aggressive gayety [Ger. aggressive Lustigkeit], the men by sudden disproportionate alcoholic and other excesses. 1913 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Interpretation of Dreams iv. 134 In the sexual make-up of many people there is a masochistic component, which has arisen through the conversion of the aggressive, sadistic component into its opposite. 1917 B. Glueck & J. E. Lind tr. A. Adler Neurotic Constit. (1921) v. 157 Forms of the aggressive impulse become accentuated through the feeling of inferiority. 1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook v. 56 A component..of aggressive-defensive self-assertion, has been recognized in laughter. 1950 B. Wootton Test. Social Sci. ii. 8 Aggressive behaviour means physical actions like letting off bombs, or, on a milder scale, giving vent to cross words or looks. 1995 P. A. Tyler in C. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. iii. vi. 108 Depressed people, who are thought to be turning their unconscious oral aggressive impulses inwards, become more depressed when presented with aggressive images (a stylized picture of a cannibal). †B. n. Aggressive action or behaviour; an aggressive course. Usually with the. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > attitude aggressive1698 the offensive1712 1698 J. Sergeant Non Vltra 123 He had causlesly, and uncharitably, imputed the same to himself; which..is the distinguishing Character between Mr. Le Grand's Aggressive, and my Defensive. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. ii. 311 Soult..at once assumed the aggressive. 1875 Pennsylvania School Jrnl. Aug. 46/1 Finally the mother, in despair, left the aggressive, and tried the persuasive. Compounds aggressive beggar n. originally U.S. a person who engages in aggressive begging.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1886 Fun 20 Jan. 30/1 (caption) Aggressive beggar.—‘Parding, guv'ner. 'Ave yer a pipe of backer ter give a poor cove?’ 1912 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 15 Aug. 10/7 Police are kept busy watching for aggressive beggars and pickpockets. 1985 Los Angeles Times 31 July i. 9/1 So many homeless street people clutter downtown sidewalks..that the city is considering a law to punish aggressive beggars. 2006 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 23 Aug. 7 Gloucestershire police launched a crackdown on aggressive beggars in the city centre,..enforcing a zero-tolerance policy. aggressive begging n. originally U.S. the (illegal) action of begging for money in a manner considered to be unduly threatening or intimidating, esp. as defined by a local by-law.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1976 Anthropol. Q. 49 234 Behavior such as aggressive begging..may be viewed..as threatening and thus evoke realistic hostility. 1987 N.Y. Times 27 Oct. a18/1 ‘Aggressive’ begging is defined in the law as ‘with intent to intimidate’. 2006 Maclean's (Nexis) 16 Jan. 12 By cracking down on petty ‘lifestyle’ crimes—prostitution, drug use, aggressive begging—a city makes itself less susceptible to more serious crime. aggressive mimicry n. Zoology mimicry (mimicry n. 2) in which a predator or parasite benefits from having markings or other features which make it appear harmless or attractive to a prey or host species. ΚΠ 1890 E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xiii. 266 In most cases of Aggressive Mimicry one species resembles another in order to be able to approach it without exciting suspicion. 1933 Science 24 Feb. 201/1 Great zoologists..firmly believe that the pure Darwin principle explains..color evolution as seen in protective and aggressive mimicry. 1973 H. L. Nieburg Culture Storm ii. 29 The zonetailed hawk..glides in the company of vultures because small animals have no fear of these carrion-eaters. This pattern has been called ‘aggressive’ mimicry. 2002 M. D. Greenfield Signalers & Receivers iii. 68 In what may be the most spectacular example of aggressive mimicry among animals, female bolas spiders (Mastophora..) attract males of various moth species with a lure that includes compounds identical to major components of the female sex pheromones of those moths. aggressive panhandler n. U.S. = aggressive beggar n.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1961 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 1 June 22/2 The city was peopled extensively by aggressive panhandlers. 1971 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. 8/1 Most recently, there has appeared a special category of aggressive panhandler, whose pitch often seems a threat. 1998 San Francisco Chron. (Electronic ed.) 16 Dec. b1 Bay Area merchants..have to deal with homeless in their doorways, aggressive panhandlers,..litter and shoplifting. aggressive panhandling n. U.S. = aggressive begging n.In early use probably not as a fixed collocation. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging thigging1331 cravingc1430 rogation?1536 progging1579 skeldering1600 begging1606 beggary1608 maunding1608 maund1610 gooding1646 mendication1646 mumping1685 mendicity1756 cadge1819 cadging1859 mumpery1894 plinging1910 yegging1913 panhandling1931 aggressive panhandling1981 1981 New York 19 Jan. 21/1 Quality-of-life offences such as aggressive panhandling, smoking in the subway, drunkenness, brawling, urinating on sidewalks and in the subways. 2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 14 Jan. 47/1 ‘We were too busy’ to do anything about street prostitution, aggressive panhandling, graffiti, and low-level drug dealing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1695
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