Akademik

aggressiveness

noun

1. the quality of being bold and enterprising (Freq. 3)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑aggressive

• Hypernyms: ↑drive

• Hyponyms:

↑competitiveness, ↑fight, ↑combativeness, ↑militance, ↑militancy, ↑intrusiveness, ↑meddlesomeness, ↑officiousness, ↑boldness, ↑nerve, ↑brass, ↑face, ↑cheek

2. a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑aggression

• Hypernyms: ↑hostility, ↑enmity, ↑ill will

3. a natural disposition to be hostile

• Syn: ↑belligerence, ↑pugnacity

• Derivationally related forms: ↑aggressive (for: ↑pugnacity), ↑belligerent (for: ↑belligerence), ↑aggressive

• Hypernyms: ↑disagreeableness

• Hyponyms: ↑bellicosity, ↑bellicoseness, ↑truculence, ↑truculency

Useful english dictionary. 2012.