Antonyms for assertive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-sur-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɜr tɪv

Definition of assertive

Origin : 1560s, "declaratory, positive, full of assertion," from assert + -ive. Meaning "insisting on one's rights" is short for self-assertive (1865).

adj aggressive

Example sentences :

This assertive Briton has no desire to lose identity in "Brahm."
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

He was a slender fellow with close-clipped, assertive red hair.
Extract from : « The Arena » by Various

There was in them something else, or more, than the assertive grossness of life.
Extract from : « The House of Pride » by Jack London

His paganism would be too assertive; it might even be in bad taste.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

He irritated the older men by his assertive manner, and his cocksureness.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

There was an assertive note in Cheniston's voice when he spoke to his sister which was new to her.
Extract from : « Afterwards » by Kathlyn Rhodes

Youth should be modest, and he was assertive from his childhood.
Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers

Mr. Crewe, who was anything but a fool, and just as assertive as Mr. Flint, cut in.
Extract from : « Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete » by Winston Churchill

She hated the assertive hand on her, demanding her back out of pain.
Extract from : « The Narrow House » by Evelyn Scott

He had an assertive, positive way, that Harry Brackett could not withstand.
Extract from : « The Rival Campers Afloat » by Ruel Perley Smith

Synonyms for assertive

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