'aggression' definitions:
Definition of 'aggression'
(from WordNet)
noun
A disposition to behave aggressively
noun
A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack [syn: aggression, aggressiveness]
noun
Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked [syn: aggression, hostility]
noun
The act of initiating hostilities
noun
Deliberately unfriendly behavior
Synonyms of 'aggression'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventuresomeness,
- adventurousness,
- aggravated assault,
- aggressiveness,
- ambitiousness,
- amphibious attack,
- antagonism,
- armed assault,
- assailing,
- assailment,
- assault,
- attack,
- banzai attack,
- bellicism,
- bellicosity,
- belligerence,
- belligerency,
- blitz,
- blitzkrieg,
- breakthrough,
- charge,
- chauvinism,
- combativeness,
- contentiousness,
- counterattack,
- counteroffensive,
- coup de main,
- crippling attack,
- dead set at,
- descent on,
- diversion,
- diversionary attack,
- drive,
- dynamism,
- encroachment,
- enterprise,
- enterprisingness,
- ferocity,
- fierceness,
- fight,
- flank attack,
- force,
- forcefulness,
- frontal attack,
- gas attack,
- get-up-and-get,
- get-up-and-go,
- getup,
- go,
- go-ahead,
- go-getting,
- go-to-itiveness,
- gumption,
- head-on attack,
- hostility,
- hustle,
- incursion,
- infiltration,
- initiative,
- inroad,
- invasion,
- irruption,
- jingoism,
- lightning attack,
- lightning war,
- martialism,
- mass attack,
- megadeath,
- militancy,
- militarism,
- mugging,
- offense,
- offensive,
- onset,
- onslaught,
- overkill,
- panzer warfare,
- pugnaciousness,
- pugnacity,
- push,
- pushfulness,
- pushiness,
- pushingness,
- quarrelsomeness,
- raid,
- run against,
- run at,
- rush,
- saber rattling,
- sally,
- shock tactics,
- sortie,
- spirit,
- spunk,
- strike,
- truculence,
- unfriendliness,
- unpeacefulness,
- unprovoked assault,
- up-and-comingness,
- venturesomeness,
- venturousness,
- warmongering,
- warpath