Aggressive
Aggressive adjective - Marked by or uttered with forcefulness.
Usage example: an aggressive campaign to win the African-American vote
Forceful is a synonym for aggressive in assertive topic. In some cases you can use "Forceful" instead an adjective "Aggressive".
Forceful
Forceful adjective - Marked by or uttered with forcefulness.
Usage example: he kept asking me out until I gave him a very forceful and blunt “no”
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- determined and aggressive
- determined and forceful
- strenuous and aggressive
- strenuous and forceful
- bold and aggressive
- bold and forceful
- pushy and aggressive
- pushy and forceful
- effective and aggressive
- effective and forceful
- strong and aggressive
- strong and forceful
- powerful and aggressive
- powerful and forceful
Both words in one sentence
- Spike nearly raping Buffy, probably assuming her protests are part of another round of aggressive and forceful sex play.
Source: Near-Rape Experience - Fiery Redheaded foreigner Asuka has a forceful and aggressive personality, but is also seen as the more outgoing and human one.
Source: Betty and Veronica Switch -
Note that, due to a huge overhaul in human psychology (a forceful treatment that removes all aggressive impulses instilled in every man's early childhood), the "old times" but a hundred years ago are even more incomprehensible for the future Earth-folk than Medieval times are for us.
Source: Future Imperfect
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