hyperaggressive

adjective

Definition of hyperaggressivenext
as in pugnacious

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Recent Examples of hyperaggressive The committee had squeezed donors with hyperaggressive new tactics. — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2022 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 One worker wasp—and only one—suddenly becomes hyperaggressive. — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2013 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 Unsurprisingly, most available evidence suggests that their style of hyperaggressive diplomacy wasn’t winning friends. — Washington Post, 3 June 2021 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 Their hyperaggressive driving was deranged, but unfortunately not unusual. — William Falk, The Week, 14 Aug. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperaggressive
  1. pugnacious
  2. combative
  3. warlike
  4. belligerent
  5. bellicose
  6. aggressive
  7. overambitious
  8. dynamic
Adjective
  • Vance, who privately voiced his concerns about conflict with Iran in the lead-up to the war, is pugnacious and transactional.
    — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • That stretch included a famously pugnacious friendly with Australia in which Pochettino challenged his players at halftime to raise their level of competitiveness.
    — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
Definition of pugnacious
Adjective
  • The release says a 29-year-old man became combative with first responders, and a paramedic shot him.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2026
  • Too good to be a benchwarmer, in a starting line-up, the Brazilian’s all-action qualities may align best with Rice to give Arsenal another combative and forward-thinking option in their engine room.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 26 June 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
  • 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
  • The pseudonymous title character, a depressed, drunken, belligerent twenty-six-year-old advice columnist, has no real hardships of his own and is cursed by doubt.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 1 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
  • The goal is gentle smoke and indirect heat rather than aggressive flames.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Right now, the multi-trillion-dollar global apparel industry is undergoing an aggressive technological shift, adopting artificial intelligence as a production standard rather than an experimental pilot.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 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
  • Her 2019 debut book, Fight Like a Mother, told how a stay-at-home mother of five in a blended family remade herself into one of the most dynamic forces in American politics today.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • Conversion lifts when offers are dynamic and contextual rather than static fare classes.
    — Somit Goyal, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of dynamic

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“Hyperaggressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperaggressive. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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