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assertive

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"

self-asserting, self-assertive, vigorous

adj. confidently aggressive; "too assertive as a salesman"; "his self-assertive and unflagging energy"

peremptory, commanding

adj. not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands"

domineering

adj. tending to domineer

self-assured, self-confident

adj. showing poise and confidence in your own worth; "hardly more than a boy but firm-knit and self-confident"

aggressive

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"

imperative

adj. requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"

bellicose, combative, pugnacious, scrappy, truculent

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

militant, competitive

adj. showing a fighting disposition; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"

hard-hitting, high-pressure

adj. aggressively and persistently persuasive; "a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman"

hostile

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"

rapacious, ravening, predatory, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous

adj. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"

unassertive

adj. inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence; "a shy unassertive person"

indecisive, hesitant, hesitating

adj. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

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