assertive — Englisches Wörterbuch

Adjektiv

1. Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

   Beispiele

   Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.

2. Pungent.

   Beispiele

   an assertive taste or odor

Substantiv

1. An assertion.

   Beispiele

   Proportionative assertives occur in styles of all kinds, from the least formal to the most formal. Satisfactory declarative equivalents do not exist.

Adjektiv

1. aggressively self-assured

   Synonyme

   self-assertingself-assertive

   Antonyme

   unassertive

   Beispiele

   an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue

   pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act