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aggressiveness

/əˈɡrɛsɪvnɪs/

aggressiveness noun: the state or quality of being aggressive.

Noun

aggressiveness (usually uncountable, plural aggressivenesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being aggressive.
    • It was a randy aggressiveness he had enjoyed because he had not used or needed it before.1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 29
  2. (usually) The propensity of a soil or water to dissolve metal or cement structures.
    • The aggressiveness of various sulfate salts towards concrete is partly related to solubility.
  3. (countable, usually) The result or product of being aggressive.

aggressiveness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Persian

aggressiveness in Hindi

state or quality being aggressive
आक्रामकता ākrāmaktā

aggressiveness in Tamil

வல்லோச்சம்

aggressiveness in Kannada

ಆಕ್ರಮಣಶೀಲತೆ

aggressiveness in Persian

state or quality being aggressive
پرخاشگری

Examples of aggressiveness in a sentence

  • Munson appeared to have taken Billy's exhortation on aggressiveness to heart.
  • If you try to kill if possible, pump up the aggressiveness.
  • At times the defense will overshift because of anxiousness, aggressiveness, or anticipation.

All 16 example sentences with aggressiveness

Synonyms of aggressiveness

Forms of aggressiveness

pluralaggressivenesses

Origin of aggressiveness

From aggressive + -ness.

Words formed from aggressiveness

Questions about aggressiveness

What does aggressiveness mean?
Aggressiveness means the state or quality of being aggressive.
What is aggressiveness in Hindi?
Aggressiveness in Hindi is आक्रामकता (ākrāmaktā). See Aggressiveness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is aggressiveness?
Aggressiveness is a noun.
How do you pronounce aggressiveness?
Aggressiveness is pronounced /əˈɡrɛsɪvnɪs/.
What is the plural of aggressiveness?
The plural of aggressiveness is aggressivenesses.

Words near aggressiveness in the dictionary

  1. aggressionists
  2. aggressions
  3. aggressive
  4. aggressive mimicry
  5. aggressively
  6. aggressiveness
  7. aggressivenesses
  8. aggressives
  9. aggressivism
  10. aggressivist
  11. aggressivists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aggressiveness (page history and authors); aggressiveness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aggressiveness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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