hyperaggressive

adjective

Definition of hyperaggressivenext
as in pugnacious

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Recent Examples of hyperaggressive Goetz had on his side Barry Slotnick, a hyperaggressive defense lawyer who represented clients as varied as John Gotti and the Lubavitchers. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 Auburn surprisingly sat out the quarterback transfer market a year ago but was hyperaggressive at the position this winter. — Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025 Few may be as hyperaggressive as the officers who killed Nichols, but their fear and belligerence can still evoke a reciprocal urge in a driver to talk back or flee, sparking a deadly cycle. — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2023 The committee had squeezed donors with hyperaggressive new tactics. — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2022 Their hyperaggressive driving was deranged, but unfortunately not unusual. — William Falk, The Week, 14 Aug. 2021 Unsurprisingly, most available evidence suggests that their style of hyperaggressive diplomacy wasn’t winning friends. — Washington Post, 3 June 2021 Not only does the US have to contend with more contagious COVID variants from the UK and South Africa, but a hyperaggressive relaxation of COVID safety guidelines could spur additional outbreaks in the near future. — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 16 Mar. 2021 One worker wasp—and only one—suddenly becomes hyperaggressive. — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperaggressive
  1. pugnacious
  2. combative
  3. warlike
  4. belligerent
  5. bellicose
  6. aggressive
  7. overambitious
  8. dynamic
Adjective
  • Friends and colleagues contrasted her pugnacious political statements with her personal kindness and good humor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • With his pugnacious, buccaneering management style, Gandler was not typical casting for a Disney executive, however.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 July 2026
Definition of pugnacious
Adjective
  • Explanations as to why he was fired have varied widely from the defense minister allegedly being too corrupt, not corrupt enough, too combative with army leadership, too showy, too popular, and too in the clouds on military matters.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026
  • Rather than a cohesive national unit, Americans faced a loose, tense and combative set of state and local interests.
    — Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Definition of combative
Adjective
  • The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • One of the world’s most cooperative mammals is also one of its most warlike.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 8 May 2026
Definition of warlike
Adjective
  • The tit-for-tat strikes and increasingly belligerent posture from both sides roiled markets and is threatening to unravel the memorandum of understanding signed last month to end the war.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • America, the world’s oldest, continuous, modern democracy, will soon celebrate its 250th birthday—mired in conflict and piloted by a belligerent and mercurial nationalist.
    — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
Definition of belligerent
Adjective
  • At least, that’s what the bellicose rhetoric from Tehran suggests.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • At National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, a controversial but popular Russian studies program introduced last fall has nothing to do with the glories of imperial Russia and everything to do with the thinking and motivations of the bellicose power next door.
    — Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026
Definition of bellicose
Adjective
  • In March, a group of major medical organizations, including the AHA and the American College of Cardiology, released new guidelines urging more aggressive treatment of cholesterol.
    — Anne Thompson, NBC news, 16 July 2026
  • His team is curious about the fuel effects of acceleration and aggressive driving and other air pollutants that might increase with speeding.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
Definition of aggressive
Adjective
  • That original felt like an overambitious audition, all screaming guitars and synthesizer lines competing for your attention.
    — Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
  • Misfires in the transfer market, a widespread injury crisis and an overambitious tactical game plan saw everything unravel.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Definition of overambitious
Adjective
  • That dynamic, extrapolated across the rising local cost of essential goods, has forced more Miami-Dade families than ever before into economic distress.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Unlike isolated gym exercises, soccer naturally integrates these elements in a dynamic and enjoyable environment.
    — Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of dynamic

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“Hyperaggressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperaggressive. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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