aggro.
Aggravation; bother.
Meaning & usage
Aggravation; bother.
Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
Move along, lads; we don't want any aggro.
A measure of a player's level of belligerence.
Hostile attention from an enemy.
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.
Angry.
Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked).
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.
Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked). Of a player, favoring such decks.
Hardcore, aggressive.
Where this word comes from
From a clipping of aggravation + -o (diminutive suffix), influenced by aggressive.
To become aggressive towards the player's character.
They'll aggro on you if you get too close.
To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.
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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