Aggression

//əˈɡɹɛʃən//

Synonyms for "aggression" (107 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Noun(1 words)
aggressiveness

Strong matches (32)

Related words (53)

Noun(1 words)
hostility

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11 entries

Antonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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part of

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related to

11 entries

Translations

113 translations across 56 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • aggressie noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • aggressie noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)

Albanian

1 entries
  • agresion noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Arabic

2 entries
  • عُدْوَان noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • عِدْوَان noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ագրեսիա noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • ագրեսիա noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • ագրեսիվություն noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • təcavüz noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • агрэ́сія noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • агре́сия noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • агре́сия noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • агреси́вност noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • нападе́ние noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Catalan

1 entries
  • agressió noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دەس درێژی noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 侵略 noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • 侵略 noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • 攻擊 /攻击 noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Crimean Tatar

4 entries
  • agressiya noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • agressiya noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • agressiya noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • tecavuz noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Czech

1 entries
  • agrese noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Danish

1 entries
  • aggression noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Dutch

2 entries
  • agressie noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • agressie noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • agreso noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Estonian

1 entries
  • agressioon noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hyökkäys noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • hyökkäävyys noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • hyökkäävyys noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • väkivaltaisuus noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)

French

3 entries
  • agression noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • agression noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • agression noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Galician

1 entries
  • agresión noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აგრესია noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

German

4 entries
  • Aggression noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • Aggression noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • Aggression noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • Angriff noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Greek

2 entries
  • επιθετικότητα noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • επιθετικότητα noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תּוֹקְפָנוּת noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • agresszió noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • agresi noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Italian

3 entries
  • aggressione noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • aggressione noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • aggressione noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 侵略 noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • 侵略 noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • 攻撃 noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • басқыншылық noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ការឈ្លានពាន noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • ការឈ្លានពាន noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • អធិក្រម noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • អន្តរាគមន៍ noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Korean

3 entries
  • 공격 noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • 침략 noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • 침략 noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)

Lao

1 entries
  • ການຮຸກຮານ noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Latvian

1 entries
  • agresija noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • agrèsija noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Malay

1 entries
  • pencerobohan noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Manx

1 entries
  • aggair noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • түрэмгийлэл noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Navajo

1 entries
  • hashké nídzin noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • aggresjon noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Occitan

1 entries
  • agression noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Persian

4 entries
  • تَجاوُز noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • پرخاش noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • پرخاش noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • پرخاش noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Polish

1 entries
  • agresja noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • agressão noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • agressão noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • agressão noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Romanian

3 entries
  • agresiune noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • agresiune noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • agresiune noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Russian

4 entries
  • агре́ссия noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • агре́ссия noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • агре́ссия noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • агресси́вность noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • miann còmhraig noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • agrèsija noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • agrèsija noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • agrèsija noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • агрѐсија noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Slovak

4 entries
  • agresia noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • agresia noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)
  • agresivita noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)
  • agresívnosť noun (the practice or habit of launching attacks)

Slovene

1 entries
  • agresija noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Spanish

2 entries
  • agresión noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • agresión noun (hostile or destructive behavior or actions)

Swedish

1 entries
  • aggression noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Tajik

2 entries
  • агрессия noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • таҷовуз noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Thai

2 entries
  • การรุกราน noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)
  • ความก้าวร้าว noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Turkish

1 entries
  • saldırganlık noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • агре́сія noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • xâm lược noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַגרעסיע noun (act of initiating hostilities or invasion)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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We have to defend our country from the foreign aggression.

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People who are prone to aggression can be dangerous.

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The most visible forms of aggression are often seen between prey and predator.

Source: tatoeba (393566)

Interspecies aggression is oriented towards goals related to reproduction.

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