Meanings
adjectivehyperaggressive (comparative more hyperaggressive, superlative most hyperaggressive)
comparative more hyperaggressive · superlative most hyperaggressive
- Extremely aggressive
A lot of this was bravado, of course, friends showing off for friends in the disaffected, hyperaggressive macho style that now predominates among France’s disenfranchised suburban young.
2007 April 15, David Rieff, “Battle Over the Banlieues”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
- Latingradior
- Latinaggredior
- Latinaggressu
- Englishaggress
- Englishaggressive
- Englishhyperaggressive
From hyper- + aggressive.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hyperaggressive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
hyperaggressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperaggressive
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“hyperaggressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperaggressive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperaggressive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperaggressive.
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