assaultive
Prone to violence
Assaultive describes behavior or tendencies that involve physical attack or aggression.
It appears most often in legal, clinical, and psychiatric contexts to characterize individuals who pose a risk of violence: The patient has a history of assaultive behavior.
Unlike simply aggressive, assaultive specifically implies the potential or actuality of physical harm to others.
Hostile and eager to clash
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
truculent · contentious · provocative · combative · offensive · militant · attacking · invasive
Savagely harsh or severe
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- savageFierce and untamed
- attackingActively engaging offensively
mauling · ferocious · merciless · ruthless · barbaric · cruel · bloodthirsty · brutish
Conveying threat or danger
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
alarming · frightening · daunting · unsettling · disturbing · overbearing · oppressive · intrusive
belligerent
Hostile and eager to clash
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
pugnacious · truculent · contentious · provocative · combative · offensive · militant · attacking · invasive · adversarial
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
attacking · mauling · ferocious · merciless · ruthless · barbaric · cruel · bloodthirsty · brutish · sadistic
menacing
Conveying threat or danger
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
foreboding · alarming · frightening · daunting · unsettling · disturbing · overbearing · oppressive · intrusive · hostile
assaultivepeaceful
Free from disturbance
nonaggressive · nonviolent · peaceable · pacific · nonbelligerent
assaultivebenevolent
Desiring others' welfare
friendly · amiable · kindhearted · amicable · cordial
assaultiveconciliatory
Meant to placate
uncontentious · peacekeeping · diplomatic · pacifist · accommodating