Meanings
- uncountableAggression.
his aggress / Was made with such precaution as to quench / Douay's intent and throw him in a mess.
1875, anonymous author, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy: a poem
present singular third person aggresses · participle present aggressing · participle past aggressed · past aggressed
- transitiveTo set upon; to attack.
- intransitiveTo commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with someone; to make an attack against someone.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
- Latingradior
- Latinaggredior
- Latinaggressu
- Englishaggress
From Latin aggressum, past participle of aggredi (“to attack, assail, approach, go to”), from ad (“to”) + gradi (“to walk, go”), from gradus (“step”); see grade.
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Spanish agredir
- agredirTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with aggress
Cite this entry
aggress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggress
“aggress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggress. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aggress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggress.
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