Aggro
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aggro is a noun meaning Aggravation; bother.
Meaning
Aggravation; bother.
More Meanings
- (gaming) A measure of a player's level of belligerence.
- (gaming) Hostile attention from an enemy.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Angry.
- (colloquial) Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked).
- (British, US, slang) Hardcore, aggressive.
- (gaming, intransitive) To become aggressive towards the player's character.
- (chiefly UK, Australia) Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
Example Sentences
Move along, lads; we don't want any aggro.
You just pulled aggro off the tank and wiped the raid.
To reduce one player's aggro level, the other must build up his own.
‘We ain′t got a name yet. We′re into aggro.’ ‘Aggro?’ ‘Yeah, you know, aggression, aggravation. Aggro’.
Word Forms
- aggros
- aggroes
- aggroing
- aggroed
Antonyms for aggro
Common opposites include deaggro.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aggravative, overaggravation, agitant, exasperation, aggravation, agonization.
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