• AG
adj. 1. 1844 – agricultural
adj. 2. 1990s US college sl. – angry, annoyed, irritated, aggravated
adj. 3. 1990s US college sl. – crazy, fun
adj. 4. 1997 US sl. – all good
int. 1936 S. Afr. – an exclamation of pleasure, irritation, or exasperation
n. 1. 1905 – agriculture
n. 2. 1908 Sc. – the wash of waves on the seashore as by a steady wind from the sea
n. 3. 1905 – an agricultural college
n. 4. 1910s US sl. – a country bumpkin
n. 5. 1910s US sl. – an agricultural student
n. 6. 1914 Sc. – stir, eagerness
n. 7. 1980s sl. – problems, trouble, annoyance, a nuisance
vb. 1. 1908 Sc. – of waves of the sea when wind blows shoreward, or of the wind: to drive towards or against the shore
vb. 2. 1908 Sc. – to feel sick, to have an inclination to vomit
vb. 3. 1908 Sc. – to irritate, as by teasing
vb. 4. 1980s sl. – to annoy, to upset, to bother
• AGACERIE
n. 1787 rare – an act or means of allurement (often in plural); allurement, coquetry
• AGAD!
int. 1672 obs. – an exclamation and a minced oath from “Afore God!” and “By God!”
• AGAIN!
int. 1996 Antigua and Barbuda – used for expressing strong approval
• AGAIN-ASK
vb. a1382 obs. – to ask back, to require
• AGAIN-BEGETTING
n. c1384 obs. – regeneration
• AGAIN-BEHEST
n. c1384 obs. – a reciprocal or mutual promise
• AGAIN-BEHOLD
vb. a1382 obs. – to look at, to face
• AGAIN-BEHOTE
vb. a1382 obs. – to be responsible or surety for a person
• AGAIN-BOW
vb. a1382 obs. – to bend back
• AGAIN-BRING
vb. a1000 obs. – to bring back
• AGAIN-BUY
vb. 1. a1000 obs. rare – to buy in exchange
vb. 2. a1382 obs. – to buy back, to redeem, to ransom
• AGAIN-CALL
vb. c1390 obs. – to call back, to recall, to revoke
• AGAIN-CHARE
vb. a1000 obs. – to turn back, to return; also, to repent
• AGAIN-CHARING
n. a1000 obs. – a turning back, a return; evasion, escape
• AGAIN-CHIDING
n. a1382 obs. – recrimination
• AGAIN-CLEPE
vb. a1000 obs. – to recall
• AGAIN-COME
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to come against, to meet with, to encounter
vb. 2. a1000 obs. – to come back, to return
vb. 3. 1400 Sc. obs. – to transgress, to contravene
• AGAIN-COMING
n. 1. a1382 obs. – a coming against, encountering, or meeting someone or something
n. 2. a1382 obs. – coming back, returning, return
• AGAIN-COVER
vb. a1382 obs. – to reveal, to uncover
• AGAIN-DRAW
vb. c1300 obs. – to pull back, to withdraw
• AGAIN-DRAWING
n. a1382 obs. – drawing back, retraction
• AGAIN-FALLING
n. 1340 obs. – relapse
• AGAIN-FARE
vb. a1000 obs. – to return
• AGAIN-FIGHT
vb. a1000 obs. – to fight against
• AGAIN-FLOWER
vb. a1382 obs. – to bloom again
• AGAIN-FRUSH
vb. a1382 obs. – to start back, to recoil
• AGAIN-GIFT
n. 1340 obs. – giving in return, repayment
• AGAIN-GO
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to go back, to return
vb. 2. c1275 obs. – to go against, to oppose
• AGAIN-GOING
n. 1. a1425 obs. – the act of going to meet someone
n. 2. a1475 obs. – going back, returning, return
• AGAIN-HOLD
vb. a1382 obs. – to hold back, to withhold
• AGAIN-KEEL
vb. a1382 obs. – to cool again
• AGAIN-KNOW
vb. a1382 obs. – to know again, to recognize
• AGAIN-LAY
vb. 1. a1000 obs. rare – to lay up, to store up
vb. 2. a1382 obs. rare – to set something against or in opposition, to contrast
• AGAIN-LEAD
vb. a1000 obs. – to lead back
• AGAIN-LOUK
vb. a1400 obs. – to shut out
• AGAIN-LOW
vb. a1000 obs. – to reverberate, to resound
• AGAIN-MEETING
n. a1382 obs. – a coming together; encounter
• AGAIN-NEW
vb. c1384 obs. – to renew
• AGAIN-PUT
vb. 1. a1400 obs. – to push back; also, to dash into something
vb. 2. a1425 obs. – to put or set in front
• AGAIN-RACE
n. a1400 obs. – an act of running back, return
• AGAIN-RAISE
vb. c1384 obs. – to raise again
• AGAIN-RISE
vb. a1382 obs. – to rise in rebellion against someone; to rebel
• AGAIN-RISING
n. c1384 obs. – rising against; resurrection
• AGAIN-RUNNING
n. 1. c1350 obs. – the act of running to meet a person
n. 2. c1384 obs. – inroad, incursion
• AGAIN-SAW
n. a1400 obs. – contradiction
• AGAIN-SAY
n. 1484 obs. – objection
vb. 1. a1382 rare – to speak against, to contradict; to dispute
vb. 2. a1382 obs. – to renounce, to repudiate; to disavow; to reverse a judgement or sentence
vb. 3. a1400 obs. – to say no to; to refuse; to deny
• AGAIN-SAYER
n. c1449 obs. – a person who speaks against or contradicts someone or something; an opponent, a gainsayer
• AGAIN-SAYING
adj. c1475 obs. – saying the opposite; contradictory
n. c1350 obs. – contradiction, opposition, contention
• AGAIN-SEEK
vb. a1382 obs. – to ask for, to require
• AGAIN-SET
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to restore
vb. 2. a1000 obs. – to set against or in opposition, to contrast
vb. 3. a1500 obs. – to set in front
vb. 4. a1500 obs. – to oppose
• AGAIN-SHINE
vb. a1382 obs. – to shine back, to reflect
• AGAIN-SMITING
n. a1398 obs. – reaction, reverberation
• AGAIN-SOUND
vb. a1382 obs. – to resound, to re-echo
• AGAIN-SPRENGE
vb. a1382 obs. – to besprinkle, to bespatter
• AGAINST
adj. L19 sl. – addicted to or under the influence of a drug, usually opium or heroin
• AGAIN-STAND
vb. a1000 obs. – to stand against, to withstand, to resist
• AGAIN-STANDER
n. a1425 obs. – a person who withstands; a resister, an adversary
• AGAIN-STANDING
n. c1400 obs. – resisting, resistance
• AGAINSTER
n. 1919 colloq. – a person who is against something, esp. a proposed change; also, a person who habitually opposes things; one who has a generally oppositional or critical attitude
• AGAINSTISM
n. 1944 colloq., orig. US – a being opposed to something, or having an oppositional attitude in general; opposition or criticism
• AGAINST-SAYING
n. c1450 obs. – contradiction, opposition, contention
• AGAINST-STANDING
n. a1500 obs. – resisting, resistance
• AGAINST THE CLOCK
phr. 20C Brit. sl. – what you are said to be when time is short and you’re in a hurry
• AGAINST THE CURB
adj. 1995 US sl. – without money
• AGAINST THE LAW
adj. 1997 US sl. – of a woman: extraordinarily beautiful
• AGAINST THE PLUCK
adv. L18 sl. – reluctantly, against the grain
• AGAINST THE WALL
adj. 1. 1940 US sl. – said of a confidence swindle which is perpetrated without a fake office, extras, props, etc.
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bewildered; perplexed; baffled
• AGAIN-TELL
vb. a1382 obs. – to report
• AGAIN-TOOT
n. c1400 obs. – a looking back
• AGAIN-TURN
vb. a1375 obs. – to turn back, to return
• AGAINWARD
adj. a1000 obs. – coming in the opposite direction to meet a person; also, situated in the way, opposite, facing
adv. 1. a1000 obs. – in the opposite direction; hence, backwards, away back, back again
adv. 2. 1340 obs. – conversely, vice versa
adv. 3. c1380 obs. – over again, once more
adv. 4. a1382 obs. – in return, in reply, back
adv. 5. c1384 obs. – on the contrary; on the other hand
• AGAINWARDS
adv. a1000 obs. – in the opposite direction
prep. a1000 obs. – in a direction facing; towards
• AGAIN-WEIGH
vb. 1340 obs. – to reweigh
• AGAIN-WEND
vb. a1000 obs. – to turn back, to return
• AGAIN-WINCE
vb. a1382 obs. – to kick against
• AGAIN-WITHSTAND
vb. a1382 obs. – to resist
• AGAIN-WRITING
n. c1384 obs. – further transcription, a copy
• AGAIT
adv. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – of an operation, business, process, etc.: going on, about
adv. 2. 1848 Eng. dial. – of a disease or the like: going about, prevalent
adv. 3. 1860 Sc. & Eng. dial. – on the way, astir, going about, as opposed to lying down or confined to house or bed
adv. 4. 1865 Eng. dial. – of a person: going on with work; busy, occupied, engaged upon
adv. 5. 1867 Eng. dial. – of a machine or the like: going, in motion, in action
• AGALMA
n. 1607 rare – an image, representation, or emblem; the image on a seal
• A-GAME
adv. c1300 obs. – in play, in jest
n. 1949 US sl. – in a casino or cardroom: the poker game with the highest stakes
• AGAMIST
adj. 1570s obs. – unmarried
n. 1570 rare – one who opposes marriage; one who does not marry; an unmarried person
• AGAMY
n. 1678 – absence of marriage; the state of being unmarried; also, opposition to the institution of marriage
• AGANE-SAY
vb. Bk1898 Sc. – to recall
• AGAPEISTIC
adj. 1955 – characterized by Christian love
• AGAPET
n. 1736 obs. rare – a lover of women; a philanderer; a whoremaster
• AGAR
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – ugly
int. 1746 Eng. dial. – a form of oath
• AGA SAGA
n. 1992 UK – a genre of popular novel-writing, plotting comfortable, domestic and emotional middle-class lives
• AGAST
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – terrified, afraid
vb. c1225 obs. – to frighten, to terrify; also, to astonish, to confound
• AGASTMENT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – sudden terror
• AGATE
adv. 1. c1440 obs. rare – directly, immediately
adv. 2. c1450 – on the way, astir, going about, as opposed to lying down or confined to house or bed
adv. 3. 1790 Eng. dial. – of an operation, business, process, etc.: going on, about
adv. 4. 1848 Eng. dial. – of a disease or the like: going about, prevalent
adv. 5. 1865 Eng. dial. – of a person: going on with work; busy, occupied, engaged upon
adv. 6. 1867 Eng. dial. – of a machine or the like: going, in motion, in action
adv. 7. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – briskly, as a fire
adv. 8. 1900 Sc. – away, at a distance
n. 1. 1600 obs. rare – a very small person
n. 2. 1967 US sl. – a small penis
• THE AGATE
n. 20C Aust. sl. – the favourite, the most admired
• AGATE-CRACKER
n. 1940s US sl. – a demanding task
• AGATE EYE
n. 1856 poetic & literary usage – an eye resembling an eye, esp. in being dark, intense, or hard
• AGATE-EYED
adj. 1863 – having eyes resembling agate; having a hard or intense gaze
• AGATES
adv. 1816 Sc. – everywhere
n. 1941 US sl. – the testicles
• AGATEWARD; AGATEWARDS
adv. c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – on the road or way; later, on the way towards home
• AGATHERED
adj. c1535 obs. rare – gathered, assembled
• AGATHODEMON
n. 1738 – a beneficent spirit or divinity, esp. one manifested or depicted as a serpent or dragon
• AGATHODEMONIC
adj. 1877 rare – belonging to a beneficent spirit or divinity
• AGATHOKAKOLOGICAL
adj. 1834 rare – composed of good and evil
• AGATHOPOIETIC
adj. a1782 rare – intended to do good; of beneficent tendency
• A-GAY
n. 1. 1977 orig. US – a prominent, wealthy, sought-after homosexual man
n. 2. 1990s sl. – the homosexual elite
• AGAZED
adj. 1592 obs. – astounded, amazed
adv. 1557 obs. – in an astounded or amazed state
• AG COLL
n. 1910s US sl. – an agricultural college
• AGE
n. 1. a1398 obs. – time in general; the passage of time
n. 2. 1585 obs., chiefly literary usage – a century
n. 3. 1882 – in cards: the player to the dealer’s immediate left, who receives cards first; the eldest hand
n. 4. 1946 US sl. – length of service for an employer; seniority
• AGEABLE
adj. 1845 Amer. dial. – advanced in years; very old
• AGE-AGO
adj. 1923 – that happened an age ago, or in the distant past
• AGE BEFORE BEAUTY
phr. 1851 – used to give precedence or show deference to an older person; later, often an invitation to a companion to go first when passing through a door, etc.
• AGE CARD
n. 1968 US sl. – proof of legal age
• AGE-COEVAL
adj. 1843 obs. – having the same age or date of origin; contemporary in age
• AGE-COLD
adj. 1785 poetic & literary usage – made cold by age
• AGED IN WOOD
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead and buried
• AGEDLIKE
adj. 1530 obs. – having the appearance or marks of age; senile
• AGEDLY
adv. 1538 rare – in the manner of an old person
• AGEE
adj. 1. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – crooked, uneven, awry
adj. 2. 1828 Sc. & Eng. dial. – of a door or gate: half-open, ajar
adj. 3. 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial. – of mental states: agitated, disturbed, slightly deranged
• AGE-FELLOW
n. 1845 – a person who is of a similar age to another; a peer or contemporary
• AGEFUL
adj. 1944 Amer. dial. – old, getting old
• AGELAST
n. 1877 – one who never laughs; a person who has no sense of humour
• AGELASTIC
adj. 1666 rare – never laughing; morose, gloomy
n. 1623 obs. rare – one who never laughs; one who is perpetually sad
• AGE-LONG
adj. 1804 – having existed for a very long time; lasting, to seeming to last, for an age
• AGELY
adv. 1621 obs. rare – coming once in each age
• AGEMAN
n. 1571 obs. rare – an old man
• AGEMATE
n. 1583 – one of the same age; a contemporary
• AGENBITE
n. 1340 chiefly literary usage – remorse
• AGENCE
vb. 1633 obs. rare – to fit, adapt, or adjust
• THE AGENCY
n. 1958 US colloq. – the Central Intelligence Agency
• AGENDA
n. 1751 obs. – a memorandum book
• AGENDER
adj. 1996 – designating a person who does not identify as belonging to a particular gender
• AGENDUM
n. 1849 rare – a thing to be done; a task, a practice
• AGE-NEW
adj. 1938 poetic usage – existing in the current age, recent
• AGENT
n. 1. 1773 Sc. – in Sc. law: a solicitor
n. 2. 1876 US – a highwayman; a stagecoach robber
n. 3. 1841 – in French-speaking contexts: an agent of the law, a policeman
n. 4. 1985 US sl. – the operator of a rigged carnival game
n. 5. 1996 US sl. – in casino gambling: a confederate of a cheat
• AGENTE PROVOCATEUSE
n. 1918 – a woman employed to induce or incite someone to do something, esp. commit an incriminating act; a female agent provocateur
• AGENTESS
n. 1757 rare – a female agent
• AGENT PROVOCATEUR
n. 1831 – a person, originally a man, employed, esp. by a government, to induce or incite others to violence or illegal acts in order to secure an arrest, discredit a cause, etc.
• AGENT SCULLY
n. 2001 US sl. – oral sex
• AGE OF PAIN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Prohibition era
• AGE OF YEARS
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a very long time
• AGE-OLD
adj. 1860 – that has existed for a very long time; extremely old
• AGE OUT
vb. 1. 1971 Amer. dial. – to grow too old to continue in a particular vocation
vb. 2. Amer. drugs sl. – to reach an age, usually in the 30s or 40s,when drugs no longer have the desired effect, whereupon the user gradually stops taking them voluntarily
• AGER
n. 1921 rare – an inspector of light bulbs, vacuum tubes, etc.
• AGERASIA
n. 1706 rare – the quality of not growing old; the non-appearance of the signs of age; a vigorous old age
• AGER BUMPS
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
• AGESOME
adj. 1883 Eng. dial. – elderly
• AGESSE
vb. c1300 obs. rare – to reckon on, to expect to do something
• AGEST
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. – terrified, afraid
• AGET
adv. a1500 obs. rare – according to fashion; fashionably
• AGETHER
adv. Bk1898 Ireland obs. – together
• AGE-WEARY
adj. 1853 – made weary by age
• AGEY
adj. 1547 rare – characterized by age, aged, old
• AGFAY
n. 1940s Pig Latin for ‘fag’ – a male homosexual
• AGG
n. 1980s sl. – problems, trouble, annoyance
vb. 1. 1908 Sc. – to irritate, as by teasing
vb. 2. 1980s sl. – to annoy, to upset
• AGGED
adj. 1998 US sl. – angry, aggravated
• AGGELATION
n. 1650 obs. rare – the process by which ice is formed as water freezes; congelation
• AGGERATE
vb. 1570 obs. rare – to heap up, to build up; to bank earth, manure, etc. around a tree
• AGGERATION
n. a1425 obs. – an accumulating, heaping, or building up (literal and figurative); an accumulation or build-up
• AGGERAWATOR
n. B1836 costermongers’ sl. – a favoured costermongers’ hairstyle, consisting of a well-greased lock of hair twisted and pointing either at the corner of an eye or at an ear
• AGGERHEADED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – dull, stupid
• AGGEROSE
adj. 1727 obs. rare – full of heaps; formed into heaps
• AGGERPERVOKE
vb. 1923 Amer. dial. – to aggravate, to irritate, to provoke, to annoy
• AGGERS
n. 1994 UK sl. – the buttocks, the backside
• AGGERVEX
vb. 1933 Amer. dial. – to aggravate, to vex, to provoke
• AGGEST
vb. 1655 obs. rare – to pile up or together in heaps; to heap up
• AGGESTION
n. 1659 obs. – a heaping or piling up
• AGGEY
n. 1960s US prison sl. – a long-handled hoe
• AGGIE
adj. 1. 1892 US sl. – agricultural, countrified
adj. 2. 2002 US sl. – angry, agitated
n. 1. 1871 US colloq. – an agricultural student
n. 2. 1896 US colloq. – an agate or imitation marble
n. 3. 1910s sl. – agriculture
n. 4. 1910s US sl. – a country bumpkin
n. 5. 1920 US colloq. – an agricultural college
n. 6. 1951 US sl. – during the Korean war, any young Korean
n. 7. 1968 US sl. – an aggressive, domineering male
n. 8. 1960s US prison sl. – a long-handled hoe
n. 9. 1980s US homosexual sl. – a homosexual sailor
n. 10. 1980 UK sl. – agoraphobia
n. 11. 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage – the adjutant general
• AGGIE EYES
n. 20C Brit. sl. – eyes that haven’t had enough sleep
• AGGIE FORTIS
n. M19 US sl. – very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee
• AGGIE OVERDRIVE
n. 1976 US sl. – in trucking: coasting in neutral gear
• AGGIE RAB
n. 19C Sc. – a bad halfpenny
• AGGISOM
adj. 1908 Sc. – frightful; fear-inspiring
• AGGL
vb. Bk1898 Sc. – to soil, to defile
• AGGLE
n. 1902 Sc. – a mess; a confused or dirty state
vb. 1866 Sc. – to soil or defile; to make a mess
• AGGLOMERATE
n. 1827 – a collection or mass of things loosely or randomly gathered together
vb. 1. 1658 obs. rare – to wind or roll together into a ball
vb. 2. 1751 – to gather together into a single mass or group; to collect in an unassimilated or disorderly way; to cluster, to heap, or to bind together
• AGGLOMERATION
n. 1751 – a mass or assemblage formed by union or approximation; a loose collection; a clustering or cluster
• AGGLOMERATIVE
adj. 1817 – tending to collect together; clustering
• AGGLUTINANT
adj. 1828 – that glues, binds, or unites
n. 1844 – an adhesive; a glue; also, a binding agent
• AGGLUTINATE
vb. 1586 – to unite or fasten with glue, or as with glue; to glue together; to cause to stick firmly
• AGGLUTINATION
n. 1614 – an adhering together; the state of adhesion or cohesion
• AGGLUTINATIVE
adj. 1790 – tending to produce adhesion; adhesive, cementing
• AGGLUTINIZE
vb. 1815 – to unite or fasten with glue, or as with glue; to glue together; to cause to stick firmly
• AGGOTS
n. 1940s US sl. – the testicles
• AGGRACE
n. 1590 obs. rare – favour, grace
vb. 1. 1590 obs. rare – to favour a person
vb. 2. 1825 obs. rare – to add grace to, to grace
• AGGRADATION
n. 1533 obs. rare – pleasure, happiness; used in the subscription of letters
• AGGRAFRET
vb. 1919 Amer. dial. – to aggravate or fret
• AGGRANDIZABLE
adj. 1845 rare – capable of being aggrandized
• AGGRANDIZATION
n. 1649 – an aggrandizing or exalting in power, status, or importance; exultation, advancement of oneself or another; aggrandizement
• AGGRANDIZE
vb. 1. 1634 – to increase the power, status, or wealth of a person, country, etc.
vb. 2. 1638 – to make great, to enlarge; to raise, to prefer, to advance
vb. 3. 1702 – to cause a person to appear greater than the reality; to exalt
vb. 4. 1709 – to make something appear greater; to enhance beyond what is justified by the facts; to embellish, to exaggerate
• AGGRANDIZEMENT
n. 1. 1649 – an aggrandizing or exalting in power, status, or importance;
exultation, advancement of oneself or another
n. 2. 1738 – a being exalted in power, status, or importance
n. 3. 1772 – increase in size; enlargement
• AGGRANDIZER
n. 1715 – a person who makes great or exalts
• AGGRANOY
vb. L19 sl. – to irritate, to annoy
• AGGRATE
vb. 1. 1590 obs. – to please, to gratify, to inspire with satisfaction
vb. 2. 1633 rare – to thank, to express gratitude to
vb. 3. 19C Eng. dial. – to irritate
• AGGRAVABLE
adj. 1664 obs. – characterized by aggravation
• AGGRAVATE
adj. 1. 1518 obs. rare – burdened, weighed down
adj. 2. 1548 – heightened or intensified (in a negative sense); made more serious as an offense, esp., said of a crime
vb. 1. 1530 obs. – to make heavy; to burden, to weigh down; also, to encumber, to impede, to retard
vb. 2. 1533 obs. – to make the most of; to represent something as graver, more serious, or more important; to exaggerate
vb. 3. 1541 obs. – to bring or lay a charge against someone
• AGGRAVATION
n. 1. 1481 obs. – the fact of imposing a burden; oppression
n. 2. 1626 obs. – the act of charging, as an offence; accusation
n. 3. 1628 obs. – an elaborating something; exaggeration
n. 4. 1920s Brit. rhyming sl. – a railway station
n. 5. 1970 sl., orig. UK police & criminals’ sl. – the difficulties that both sides of the professional law make for each other; an act of harassment
n. 6. 1960s sl. – violence, quarrels, unpleasantness in general
• AGGRAVATIVE
adj. 1648 – tending to aggravate, aggravating
n. a1734 obs. – something that aggravates
• AGGRAVATORS
n. 1835 sl. – the greasy locks of hair in vogue amongst costermongers and other street folk, worn twisted from the temple back towards the ear
• AGGRAVE
vb. c1475 rare – to aggravate
• AGGRAVIDIZATION
n. a1641 obs. rare – increase of gravity or seriousness; aggravation
• AGGRAVOKE
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to provoke, to incite
• AGGREGATORY
n. a1500 obs. rare – a book which contains collected particulars; a compilation
• AGGREGE
vb. 1. a1382 obs. – to make heavy, to weigh down
vb. 2. a1382 obs. – to make the eyes or ears dull; also, to harden the heart
vb. 3. a1382 obs. – to make graver or more serious, to aggravate
vb. 4. c1405 obs. – to cause to appear graver or worse, to exaggerate
vb. 5. a1425 obs. – to load, to heap
vb. 6. 1596 obs. – to allege as a grievance; to charge
• AGGRESS
n. 1. 1475 obs. rare – access, approach
n. 2. a1611 rare – an attack; an act of aggression
vb. 1. 1570 obs. – to approach, to march forward; to progress
vb. 2. 1596 – to set upon, to attack, to assault
vb. 3. 1951 – to show hostile or destructive behaviour against or to
• AGGRESSEE
n. 1854 – a person, nation, etc. towards whom or which aggression is directed; the object of an attack
• AGGRESSIVE
adj. 1855 – energetic, enterprising, self-assertive, pushy
• AGGRESSO
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – an act of aggression
vb. 20C teen & high school sl. – to act assertively
• AGGRESSIVE
adj. 1986 US sl. – in sadomasochistic sex: dominant
n. 1698 obs. – aggressive action or behaviour; an aggressive course
• AGGRESSIVE BEGGAR
n. 1886 – a person who begs for money in a manner considered to be unduly threatening or intimidating
• AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLER
n. 1961 – a person who begs for money in a manner considered to be unduly threatening or intimidating
• AGGRESSOR
n. 20C colloq. – in homosexual practices: the person assuming the more masculine or less submissive role
• AGGRIEVANCE
n. 1. 1389 rare – grievance; a circumstance or state of things which is felt to be oppressive; later, a wrong or hardship (real or supposed) which is considered a legitimate ground of complaint; something to complain of
n. 2. a1400 obs. – something that burdens or oppresses a person; a burden, trouble, or hardship
n. 3. a1400 rare – the act of aggrieving; troubling or annoying; oppression
n. 4. 1502 obs. – the act of making something more serious, aggravation
• AGGRIEVE
vb. 1. a1325 – to bring grief or trouble to, to grieve, to distress; to oppress, to treat unfairly
vb. 2. a1425 obs. – to make more grave or serious; also, to aggravate
vb. 3. 1559 obs. – to feel grief, to grieve
• AGGRIEVED
adj. 1. c1330 obs. – affected with grief or trouble; distressed, troubled, annoyed, vexed
adj. 2. 1450 – injuriously affected by another’s action, wronged; having a grievance at
adj. 3. 1583 obs. – injured physically; hurt, afflicted
adj. 4. 1820 – upset or resentful at having been unfairly treated
adj. 5. 1829 – of behaviour: expressive of a grievance or of resentment
• AGGRO
adj. 1. 1986 sl. – aggravated, irritated, annoyed; aggressively angry
adj. 2. 20C teen & high school sl. – great; good
n. 1. 1969 Brit. sl. – trouble, strife, problems; a nuisance; a source of annoyance or inconvenience
n. 2. 1969 Brit. sl. – deliberate troublemaking; aggressive or violent behaviour, esp. formerly by skinhead gangs
n. 3. 1969 Aust. – an aggressive person
• AGGROUP
vb. 1695 rare – to form or arrange in a group or groups
• AGGROUPMENT
n. 1822 rare – arrangement in a group
• AGGROVOKE
vb. 1920s Aust. sl. – to annoy, to irritate
• AGGRUDGE
vb. 1440 obs. rare – to grumble, to complain, to express dissatisfaction or annoyance
• AGGRUDGED
adj. 1440 obs. – troubled, afflicted
• AGGRUDGING
n. 1440 obs. – a grumbling, dissatisfaction, annoyance
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