thrusting
Jabbing motion forcefully
Thrusting describes aggressive forward movement or ambition.
A thrusting motion pushes forcefully: the thrusting of a sword.
Applied to people, thrusting suggests pushy determination to advance: a thrusting young executive.
The word carries connotations of self-promotion, sometimes admiring, sometimes not.
Wounding with a blade
- spearingPiercing with pointed shaft
- impalingPiercing with a sharp object
- goringPiercing with horn
- skeweringPiercing with a pointed rod
lancing · jabbing · poking · prodding · puncturing · perforating · boring · drilling
Applying force to move
- shovingPushing with force
- lungingSudden forward movement
- surgingRising with sudden force
- plungingDescending steeply and quickly
propelling · driving · forcing · ramming · heaving · pressing · advancing · charging
Force driving movement forward
- torqueRotational force measurement
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
- hydraulicsStudy of pressurized liquids
- pneumaticsPhysics of gas mechanics
pistons · actuators · cylinders · engines · motors · crankshaft · camshaft · drivetrain
Hostile and confrontational
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- boldCourageous and daring
- dominantHaving superior influence
- pushyUnpleasantly forceful in manner
insistent · forward · ambitious · driven · determined · persistent · tenacious · relentless
stabbing
Wounding with a blade
skewering · lancing · jabbing · poking · prodding · puncturing · perforating · boring · drilling · inserting
pushing
Applying force to move
plunging · propelling · driving · forcing · ramming · heaving · pressing · advancing · charging · barging
propulsion
Force driving movement forward
- torqueRotational force measurement
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
- hydraulicsStudy of pressurized liquids
pneumatics · pistons · actuators · cylinders · engines · motors · crankshaft · camshaft · drivetrain · transmission
aggressive
Hostile and confrontational
pushy · insistent · forward · ambitious · driven · determined · persistent · tenacious · relentless · enterprising
thrustingpulling
Force toward oneself
withdrawing · retracting · pulling back · retreating · drawing back
thrustingmeek
Humbly unassertive
retiring · self-effacing · modest · unambitious · timid