hyperaggressive

adjective

hy·​per·​ag·​gres·​sive ˌhī-pər-ə-ˈgre-siv 

variants or hyper-aggressive

: extremely or excessively aggressive

a hyperaggressive sales agent

… the high-status prizes now go only to those willing to be hyperaggressive about doing what's necessary to achieve results.

—Kenneth Labich

hyperaggressively adverb

or hyper-aggressively

Genetically altered mice are scampering all over the place, losing weight, acting hyperaggressively.

—Linton Weeks

hyperaggressiveness noun

or hyper-aggressiveness

… the spotted hyena, famed for the hyperaggressiveness of the female member of the species.

—Natalie Angier

Examples of hyperaggressive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One worker wasp—and only one—suddenly becomes hyperaggressive. —Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2013

That no one challenges this hyperaggressive individual is an even stronger clue. —Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2013

As a result, groups of mellow males can have more offspring than groups that contain hyperaggressive water striders. —Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2010

Few may be as hyperaggressive as the officers who killed Nichols, but their fear and belligerence can still evoke a reciprocal urge in a driver to talk back or flee, sparking a deadly cycle. —David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2023

The committee had squeezed donors with hyperaggressive new tactics. —Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2022

Their hyperaggressive driving was deranged, but unfortunately not unusual. —William Falk, The Week, 14 Aug. 2021

Unsurprisingly, most available evidence suggests that their style of hyperaggressive diplomacy wasn’t winning friends. —Washington Post, 3 June 2021

Not only does the US have to contend with more contagious COVID variants from the UK and South Africa, but a hyperaggressive relaxation of COVID safety guidelines could spur additional outbreaks in the near future. —Yoni Heisler, BGR, 16 Mar. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hyperaggressive

• aggressive
• compressive
• concessive
• depressive
• excessive
• expressive
• impressive
• obsessive
• oppressive
• possessive
• progressive
• recessive

Medical Definition

hyperaggressive

adjective

hy·​per·​ag·​gres·​sive ˌhī-pə-rə-ˈgres-əv 

: extremely or excessively aggressive

hyperaggressive patients