Definition of aggro
plural aggros
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Examples of aggro in a Sentence
He's gotten nothing but aggro from his parents lately.
They decided it wasn't worth the aggro.
The police were there to prevent any aggro.
Recent Examples of aggro from the Web
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Think of that drop as a proof-of-concept: if the aggro hypebeasts were into it, maybe the rest of us casual sneaker fans might be, too.
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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Donald Trump’s communications director was Trumpism distilled, so pure a concentrate of wocka-wocka salesmanship and aggro preening that the West Wing could contain him for only so long.
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Usually clad in something black and skintight, the bleach blonde clipper made a compelling case for the aggro-chic minimalism that was percolating on the runways at the time.
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The band, experimental from the start, has pushed its sound a few different directions over the years—proggy and aggro on 2014’s The Hunting Party, EDM-adjacent prettiness for this year’s One More Light—and Bennington adapted to all of it.
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Origin and Etymology of aggro
perhaps originally from aggr(ession) or aggr(essive) + 1-o, though influenced in meaning by association with aggravation
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First Known Use: 1969
in the meaning defined at sense 2
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The way Orgy dialed up the original's aggro side and turned it industrial was a stroke of genius.
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Every show is a Halloween show for aggro black metal band Anagnorisis.
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Before the Merkel summit, Trump’s handshake mostly made the news for its aggro endlessness.
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A teaser for the Paramount franchise’s Super Bowl spot airing Sunday shows Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, slo-mo explosions, and an unusually aggro Optimus Prime.
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Origin and Etymology of aggro
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Definition of aggro for English Language Learners
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: something that annoys or bothers someone
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: angry and violent behavior
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