adj. 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"

adj. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

adj. tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor"

adj. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world"

adj. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"

adj. offensively self-assertive

adj. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world"

adj. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"

adj. 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"

adj. unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"

adj. given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"

adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"

adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

adj. not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"

adj. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"

adj. offensively self-assertive

adj. overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky young man"

adj. marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects; "an enterprising foreign policy"; "an enterprising young man likely to go far"

adj. characterized by hard work and perseverance

adj. characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm"

adj. vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance"

adj. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

adj. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"

adj. offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"

adj. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"

adj. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"

adj. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

adj. 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"

adj. inclined to bold and confident assertion; aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"

adj. characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"

adj. for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"

adj. characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party"

adj. in a dispute or confrontation; "Sam and his parents were at loggerheads over the question of car privileges"

adj. expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"

adj. characterized by direct opposition; "a head-on confrontation"

adj. indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"

adj. not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"

adj. (med) requiring penetration into the body by a needle or other instrument

adj. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

adj. strongly motivated to succeed

adj. unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition

adj. excessively ambitious

adj. not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness

adj. self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound