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Meaning of aggressive | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv

Definitions

  1. Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing
  2. One who is aggressive.
  3. Exploiting every opportunity to be applied
  4. A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.
    US
  5. That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant
  6. Involving high risk for potentially high reward
  7. Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation; butch

Equivalents

العربية عدوانيّ
Ελληνικά κεραυνός
Español agresivo
Polski agresywnie

Examples

“[...]; usually the femme is the ho [at the costume party], and the butch/aggressive is the pimp. [...] An aggressive is a masculine-identified woman like the category of butch; aggressive is the contemporary term among younger masculine-identified women.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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