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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

  1. adj Ready or likely to attack or confront; hostile.
  2. adj Bold, forceful, and determined in pursuing a goal.
  3. adj Spreading or growing rapidly, especially of a disease.

belligerent — full definition

  1. adjective Hostile and aggressive; eager to fight or argue.
  2. adjective Actually engaged in war; warring.
  3. noun A country or group actively fighting a war.

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