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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic |
| Synonyms: | active, aggressive, animated, ball of fire, breezy, brisk, demoniac, driving, dynamic, dynamical, enterprising, forceful, forcible, fresh, hardy, high-powered, indefatigable, industrious, lively, lusty, peppy, potent, powerful, red-blooded, rugged, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, stalwart, strenuous, strong, sturdy, tireless, tough*, unflagging, untiring, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | threatening |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, at hand, baleful, baneful, black, bullying, cautionary, close, comminatory, dangerous, dire, fateful, forthcoming, grim, ill-boding, imminent, impendent, impending, inauspicious, intimidatory, looming, loury, lowering, lowery, minacious, near, overhanging, portending, portentous, scowling, sinister, terrorizing, ugly*, unlucky, unpropitious, unsafe, upcoming, warning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scrappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, antagonistic, ardent, at loggerheads, battling, bellicose, cantankerous, combative, contentious, fierce, fighting, flip*, have a bone to pick, have chip on shoulder, have it in for, hostile, hot*, hot-tempered, mean, militant, on the outs, ornery*, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, warlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soldierly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | military |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, armed, army, combatant, combative, fighting, martial, militant, militaristic, noncivil, warlike, warmongering |
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