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| vicious adj | (person: ferocious, nasty) | vals, agressief bn |
| | That girl is vicious; she's always saying cruel things to everyone around her. |
| aggressive adj | (quick to violence) | agressief bn |
| | Colin was worried about the student, who was aggressive and often got into fights on the playground. |
| confrontational adj | (assertive, aggressive) | agressief bn |
| | | zelfverzekerd, assertief bn |
| | Bill is difficult to work with because he has a confrontational personality. |
| belligerent adj | (aggressive, argumentative) | agressief bn |
| | | strijdlustig bn |
| | | oorlogvoerend bn |
| | Mark often becomes belligerent when he drinks too much. |
| turbulent adj | figurative (aggressive, violent) | agressief bn |
| | | gewelddadig bn |
| | The police tried to maintain order as the crowd became turbulent and unruly. |
| truculent adj | (aggressive, argumentative) | agressief bn |
| | | vechtlustig bn |
| | Will stared at his babysitter in a truculent manner and refused to eat his vegetables. |
| bellicose adj | (aggressive) | oorlogszuchtig, agressief bn |
| thuggish adj | (violent, aggressive) | gewelddadig, agressief bn |
| | The woman was attacked by a group of thuggish men. |
bolshy,
bolshie adj | UK, informal, figurative (aggressive, bossy) | bazig bn |
| | | autoritair bn |
| | | agressief bn |
| aggressively adv | (forcefully) | opdringerig bw |
| | | agressief, offensief bw |
| | "What are you looking at?" the man said aggressively. |
| offensive adj | (sport: attacking) | aanvallend bn |
| | | agressief, offensief bn |
| | An offensive play in the last minute gave us a victory. |
| hawkish adj | figurative (militarily aggressive) | oorlogszuchtig, agressief bn |
| | The commander's hawkish attitude scared the new recruits. |
| predatory adj | figurative (aggressive) (figuurlijk) | roofzuchtig bn |
| | | agressief bn |
| | The movie star was cornered at the party by a predatory reporter. |
| aggressively adv | (violently) | agressief, aanvallend bw |
| | | gewelddadig bw |
| | The boys were told off for behaving aggressively towards the smaller children. |
| belligerency n | figurative (hostile, aggressive attitude) | oorlogszuchtig bn |
| | | agressief bn |
| aggressive adj | (disease) | agressief bn |
| | Unfortunately, the cancer is aggressive, and traditional treatments may not work. |
| invasive adj | (military: offensive) (militair) | agressief, aanvallend bn |
| | | offensief bn |
| | The country's invasive policies made it feared in the region. |