[ US /əˈɡɹɛʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɐɡɹˈɛʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. deliberately unfriendly behavior
  2. a disposition to behave aggressively
  3. violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
  4. the act of initiating hostilities
  5. a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
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How To Use aggression In A Sentence

  • Hatred appears both as aggression towards others and as a striving for self-annihilation.
  • Experts attribute the behaviour to 'musth' (a state of heightened testosterone-fuelled aggression in bull elephants). The Times of India
  • The decision was uncontroversial, as the Soviet's non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany had precipitated the war.
  • They are a legitimate use of force insofar as they are used in defense and retaliation against foreign aggression.
  • Such aids amount to economic aggression.
  • Verbal aggression is more likely to occur than physical aggression in groups whose members come from middle- or upper-income families.
  • We know also that in animals the male hormone, testosterone, is related to dominance and aggression.
  • If you have lost enchantment, you are liable to divisiveness, intolerance, and aggression.
  • It can also - though by no means always - result in a similar egotism and aggression.
  • Watching it, it's got all the fun of a murder mystery musical, but the undercurrent of aggression never lets it slip into the realm of a wispy bagatelle.
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