hyökkäävä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aggressive adj Ready or likely to attack or confront; hostile.
- belligerent adjective Hostile and aggressive; eager to fight or argue.
- confrontational adj Prone to picking fights or provoking conflict; aggressively direct.
- offensive adj Causing anger, disgust, or hurt feelings.
Senses
hyökkäävä is used for these senses in English:
- belligerent (by extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
- confrontational Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
- offensive Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
- offensive (sports) Having to do with play directed at scoring.
aggressive — full definition
- adj Ready or likely to attack or confront; hostile.
- adj Bold, forceful, and determined in pursuing a goal.
- adj Spreading or growing rapidly, especially of a disease.
belligerent — full definition
- adjective Hostile and aggressive; eager to fight or argue.
- adjective Actually engaged in war; warring.
- noun A country or group actively fighting a war.