Meanings
comparative more unaggressive · superlative most unaggressive
- Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent.
And he, Allada Khan, had decided that the child was not unlike himself - an unaggressive nose, and intelligent forehead, eyes both lively and melting.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 195Synonyms: dovish, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike, dovish, irenic, irenical, non-violent
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot aggressive; peaceable; not violent.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
- Latingradior
- Latinaggredior
- Latinaggressu
- Englishaggress
- Englishaggressive
- Englishunaggressive
From un- + aggressive.
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Rhymes with unaggressive
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unaggressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaggressive
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