HYPERAGGRESSIVE Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

hyperaggressive

adjective

Definition of hyperaggressive

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

Adjective

Indeed, his rising profile as a pugnacious public commentator has arguably exceeded his influence on Wall Street.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Friends and colleagues contrasted her pugnacious political statements with her personal kindness and good humor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026

Definition of pugnacious

Adjective

On Tuesday night, Michigan’s Democrats backed El-Sayed in his gamble that an aggressive, combative, and at times divisive approach to politics will work in a swing state.

— Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Lise Klaveness, the impressively combative head of the Norwegian Football Federation, would struggle to win enough support but would be an intriguing candidate.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of combative

Adjective

Macron says fires are warlike crisis for France Out-of-control wildfires represent France’s greatest crisis since World War II, President Emmanuel Macron said.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
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

Definition of warlike

Adjective

However, his team describes Fred as a tyrant, who is uncaring and belligerent and micro-manages everything.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Per the title, Aang is the last surviving airbender after his pacifist brethren were slaughtered by a belligerent, expansionist Fire Nation.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 24 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

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

Scientists have captured images of the sun's surface in the finest detail yet, revealing a strange and dynamic facade.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The imagery and time-lapse video reveal an unprecedented look at the sun’s complex and dynamic photosphere, the visible surface of the sun that exists as a thin layer of atmosphere shaped by magnetic fields and currents of fluid plasma.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of dynamic

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