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aggro.

Aggravation; bother.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/General-American/ˈæɡ.ɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Aggravation; bother.

    slang · uncountable
  2. Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.

    Australia · New-Zealand · UK · slang · uncountable
    Move along, lads; we don't want any aggro.
  3. A measure of a player's level of belligerence.

    slang · uncountable
  4. Hostile attention from an enemy.

    slang · uncountable
    You just pulled aggro off the tank and wiped the raid.
Where this word comes from

From a clipping of aggravation + -o (diminutive suffix), influenced by aggressive.

adj/ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/General-American/ˈæɡ.ɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Angry.

    Australia · New-Zealand · slang
  2. Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked).

    colloquial · slang
  3. Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked). Of a deck, designed for aggressive play that seeks to defeat the opponent in the early stages of the game.

    colloquial · slang
  4. Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked). Of a player, favoring such decks.

    colloquial · slang
  5. Hardcore, aggressive.

    UK · US · slang
Where this word comes from

From a clipping of aggravation + -o (diminutive suffix), influenced by aggressive.

verb/ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/General-American/ˈæɡ.ɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To become aggressive towards the player's character.

    intransitive · slang
    They'll aggro on you if you get too close.
  2. To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.

    slang · transitive
    I aggroed the dragon by stealing from its hoard, and it killed me.
Where this word comes from

From a clipping of aggravation + -o (diminutive suffix), influenced by aggressive.

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