hard-hitting :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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

adj. characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument"

adj. having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"

efficacious

adj. marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"

powerful

adj. having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"

vigorous, forceful, muscular

adj. having or suggesting great physical power or force; "the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony"

assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive, vigorous

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

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"

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"

impelling

adj. markedly effective as if by emotional pressure; "impelling skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling personality"

telling, impressive

adj. producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"

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