| AGGRESSIVE | • aggressive adj. Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing. • aggressive adj. (Programming) Of heuristics, source code optimization techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied. • aggressive adj. (Pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant. |
| CONCESSIVE | • concessive adj. Of, pertaining to, or being a concession; conceding. • concessive n. (Grammar) A phrase or clause that acts as a concession, such as "even if" or "although". • CONCESSIVE adj. implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. |
| DEGRESSIVE | • degressive adj. Tending to decrease. • degressive adj. Decreasing in steps. • DEGRESSIVE adj. showing degression, a gradual decrease, a reduction in taxes. |
| DEPRESSIVE | • depressive adj. Causing depression; dispiriting. • depressive adj. Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic. • depressive adj. Relating to or characteristic of depression. |
| DIGRESSIVE | • digressive adj. Marked by digression; rambling. • DIGRESSIVE adj. characterized by digressions. |
| EGRESSIVES | • egressives n. Plural of egressive. • EGRESSIVE n. an egressive speech sound. |
| EXPRESSIVE | • expressive adj. Effectively conveying thought or feeling. • expressive n. (Linguistics) Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain… • expressive n. (Linguistics, more narrowly) A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct… |
| IMPRESSIVE | • impressive adj. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. • impressive adj. Capable of being impressed. • impressive adj. Appealing. |
| INGRESSIVE | • ingressive adj. Going or directed inward, entering. • ingressive adj. Open to entry or examination. • ingressive adj. (Phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose. |
| OBSESSIVES | • obsessives n. Plural of obsessive. • OBSESSIVE n. someone affected or characterized by obsessive behaviour. |
| OPPRESSIVE | • oppressive adj. Burdensome or difficult to bear. • oppressive adj. Tyrannical or exercising unjust power. • oppressive adj. Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming. |
| POSSESSIVE | • possessive adj. Of or pertaining to ownership or possession. • possessive adj. (Grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc. • possessive adj. Unwilling to yield possession of. |
| RECESSIVES | • recessives n. Plural of recessive. • RECESSIVE n. a recessive gene. |
| REDRESSIVE | • redressive adj. Tending to redress. • REDRESSIVE adj. tending to redress. |
| REGRESSIVE | • regressive adj. That tends to return, revert or regress. • regressive adj. (Of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases. • REGRESSIVE adj. tending to regress. |
| REPRESSIVE | • repressive adj. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive. • REPRESSIVE adj. serving to repress. |
| SUCCESSIVE | • successive adj. Coming one after the other in a series. • successive adj. Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary. • successive adj. (Grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which presupposes the completion of a secondary action… |