Word.ws English Dictionary

aggro

Syllables: ag·gro/ˈæɡ.ɹəʊ//ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/

aggro noun: aggravation; bother.

Noun

aggro (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Aggravation; bother.
    • But the thing to remember was that some women were prepared to provide an outlet, in spite of all the aggro, if the money was right. And lots of guys were prepared to pay, in spite of the aggro. And what the aggro boiled down to, if you thought about it, was the shame of being known to be the...2011, Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods, page 25
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
    • Move along, lads; we don't want any aggro.
    • That is the case because, according to Marsh, soccer hooliganism is one of Britain's principal forms of aggro. If it is true that there is an absence of aggro traditions in the USA — and there is a wealth of evidence which suggests that Marsh is wrong on this score — then it is reasoble to deduce...1999, Eric Dunning, Sport Matters : Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation, page 162
  3. (slang) A measure of a player's level of belligerence.
    • To reduce one player's aggro level, the other must build up his own.2007, Bendik Stang, Morten A. Osterholt, Erik Hoftun, The Book of Games Volume 2: The Ultimate Reference on PC & Video Games, page 98
    • What isn't so gimmicky is the Aggro System, where you draw fire onto yourself by acting aggressive, while your partner sneaks off blindsiding distracted enemies. Aggro depends on how big your current weapon is and how often you act aggressive.2008 April, GameAxis Unwired, page 54
  4. (slang) Hostile attention from an enemy.
    • You just pulled aggro off the tank and wiped the raid.

Adjective

aggro (comparative more aggro, superlative most aggro)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Angry.
    • “The Chuckster say you two be finding aggro idiot who kilt Long,” said Dude.
      I thought I understood but looked at Charles for help.
      “Aggro means pissed off.” translated Charles. He still hadn't cracked a smile. Tardiness made Charles aggro.2011, Bill Noel., The Marsh: A Folly Beach Mystery, page 70
  2. (colloquial, slang) Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked).
    • He […] gets over to the wasp nest and the wasps are aggro on him. He pours the petrol down the hole, stands back and throws a match in. Wooomph! Problem solved, there's no problem at all. The only problem was that all he'd done was to burn all the wings off the wasps and then[…]1996, Steve Locker-Lampson, Throw Me the Wreck, Johnny: Memories of Kelly Tarlton, the Man Behind the Legend, page 45
    • Australian Magpies have nested in a gum just inside the front gate, and are aggro to all the other birds. I watched a 'maggie' feeding a baby almost as big as itself - it hauled out of the front lawn a huge spider, so big it had trouble beaking it, and it was comical to see it fly with […]2005, The Bird Observer: The Official Organ of the Bird Observers' Club, pages 835-7
    1. (colloquial, slang) Of a deck, designed for aggressive play that seeks to defeat the opponent in the early stages of the game.
    2. (colloquial, slang) Of a player, favoring such decks.
  3. (UK, US, slang) Hardcore, aggressive.
    • At the beginning of the twenty-first century the physically adept aggro femme had become a recurring motif in new circus and physical theatre.2005, Peta Tait, Circus Bodies: cultural identity in aerial performance, page 131
    • Each Black Flag line-up had a personality and vibe. They were all totally aggro and totally rocking.2013, Stewart Dean Ebersole, Barred for Life

Verb

aggro (third-person singular simple present aggros or aggroes, present participle aggroing, simple past and past participle aggroed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To become aggressive towards the player's character.
    • They'll aggro on you if you get too close.
    Antonyms:
    deaggro
  2. (slang, transitive) To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.
    • I aggroed the dragon by stealing from its hoard, and it killed me.
    Antonyms:
    deaggro

Examples of aggro in a sentence

  • But the thing to remember was that some women were prepared to provide an outlet, in spite of all the aggro, if the money was right.2011, Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods, page 25:
  • That is the case because, according to Marsh, soccer hooliganism is one of Britain's principal forms of aggro.1999, Eric Dunning, Sport Matters : Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation, page 162:
  • We asked for an ability to trasnfer^([sic]) our aggro to another player—were told that could cause some abuse.2010, Luke Cuddy, John Nordlinger, editors, World of Warcraft and Philosophy: Wrath of the Philosopher King, page 187:
  • a lazy worker who drank hard, who was aggro to all, who then chased after someone's underage daughter, got in a fight over it, got kicked out, moved on to do it all again somewhere else.2024 March 5, Fairbanks, The Long and Winding Road: a collection of short stories, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

All 22 example sentences with aggro

Antonyms of aggro

Forms of aggro

Noun
alternative formagro
Adjective
comparativemore aggro
superlativemost aggro
Verb
third-person singular presentaggros
third-person singular presentaggroes
present participleaggroing
past participleaggroed
pastaggroed

Origin of aggro

From a clipping of aggravation + -o (diminutive suffix), influenced by aggressive.

Words formed from aggro

Questions about aggro

What does aggro mean?
Aggro means aggravation; bother.
How do you use aggro in a sentence?
But the thing to remember was that some women were prepared to provide an outlet, in spite of all the aggro, if the money was right.
What part of speech is aggro?
Aggro can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce aggro?
Aggro is pronounced /ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/ (US).

Words near aggro in the dictionary

  1. aggrievements
  2. aggriever
  3. aggrievers
  4. aggrieves
  5. aggrieving
  6. aggro
  7. aggroed
  8. aggroes
  9. aggroing
  10. aggros
  11. aggrotech

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aggro (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aggro.wav, EN-AU ck1 aggro.ogg, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-aggro.wav.

Cite this entry: “aggro.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/aggro. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.