aggressive attitude

collocation in English

meaningsofaggressiveandattitude

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aggressive
adjective
uk
/əˈɡres.ɪv/us
/əˈɡres.ɪv/
showing anger and a willingness to attack ...
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attitude
noun
uk
/ˈæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us
/ˈæt̬.ə.tuːd/
a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused ...
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(Definition ofaggressiveandattitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They adopted anaggressiveattitudeto members of the public, frightening shoppers who would not give them money.
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I have sometimes had my knuckles rapped for taking anaggressiveattitude.
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We have all noticed theaggressiveattitudeadopted by some developing countries.
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We smaller nations have to keep up a somewhataggressiveattitudein order to bring ourselves into notice.
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We do not have such anaggressiveattitudetowards life.
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Is he aware that this solicitor takes up a mostaggressiveattitudeagainst the old people who are desirous of receiving justice?
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It typifies theaggressiveattitudeof some of these bandits and also typifies the amount of heartache caused.
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He is concerned with social responsibility and not so much with theaggressiveattitudewhich must go with successful trade.
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They commence by annoying the populace by marching in military formation and wearing uniforms of semi-military character, headed by a band and taking a veryaggressiveattitude.
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When he has a weak case, he gets more aggressive, and perhaps hisaggressiveattitudeprejudiced me against him in the way that he approached the matter today.
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He wrote at first (and almost to the end) for people with a sharp,aggressiveattitudeto life.
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The male displays a quite enthusiastic and at times evenaggressiveattitudewhile attempting to court the female, who is elusive, defensive and demure.
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Cricket as a strong-built left-hander, an intimidating personality and possessing anaggressiveattitude, with all the ingredients needed for success.
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It differs from the rumba, which uses more hip movements and shows the sensuallyaggressiveattitudeof each dancer.
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Casey has anaggressiveattitudethat causes her burn bridges with her friends.
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By now, theaggressiveattitudeof the club both on and off the field had created resentment toward the club.
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Incompetent to explain heraggressiveattitudewith the remainder of the group, she decides to leave the ventures by itself.
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It is defined as the absence of anaggressiveattitudetowards someone or something that causes pain.
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Those encounters might have not been favorable and set the stage for hostile andaggressiveattitudetowards strangers invading their lands.
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She has anaggressiveattitude, as she has a mixed martial arts and professional wrestling background.
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