aggro
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aggro
- /ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/ US
- /ˈæɡ.ɹəʊ/ UK
Rhymes with -æɡɹəʊ
Where it comes from
From a clipping of aggravation + -o (diminutive suffix), influenced by aggressive.
noun agro
- Aggravation; bother. But the thing to remember was that some women were prepared to provide an outlet, in spite of all the aggro, if the money was right. And lots of guys were prepared to pay, in spite of the aggro. And what the aggro boiled down to, if you thought about it, was the shame of being known to be the person
- Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent. Move along, lads; we don't want any aggro.
- A measure of a player's level of belligerence. To reduce one player's aggro level, the other must build up his own.
- Hostile attention from an enemy. You just pulled aggro off the tank and wiped the raid.
adjective more aggro · most aggro · agro
- Angry. “The Chuckster say you two be finding aggro idiot who kilt Long,” said Dude. I thought I understood but looked at Charles for help. “Aggro means pissed off.” translated Charles. He still hadn't cracked a smile. Tardiness made Charles aggro.
- Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked). He […] gets over to the wasp nest and the wasps are aggro on him. He pours the petrol down the hole, stands back and throws a match in. Wooomph! Problem solved, there's no problem at all. The only problem was that all he'd done was to burn all the wings off the wasps and then[…]
- Of a deck, designed for aggressive play that seeks to defeat the opponent in the early stages of the game.
- Of a player, favoring such decks.
- Hardcore, aggressive. At the beginning of the twenty-first century the physically adept aggro femme had become a recurring motif in new circus and physical theatre.
verb aggros · aggroes · aggroing · aggroed · agro
Translations
Talk about this word "aggro." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aggro. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. aggro. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aggro "aggro." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aggro.Cite this
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title = {aggro},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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