aggro

Meaning

Noun

1. Aggravation; bother.
2. Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
3. A measure of how belligerent a player is – a high value may inspire either avoidance or preemptive hostile action from enemies.
4. Hostile attention from an enemy that should target players with better defenses.

Adj

1. (slang) Angry.
2. Liable to attack without being attacked first (said of monsters).
3. Designed for aggressive play that seeks to defeat the opponent in the early stages of the game. (of a player) Favoring such decks.
4. (slang) Hardcore, aggressive.

Verb

1. To become aggressive towards the player's character.
2. To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.

Synonyms

aggression

stress

annoyance

argument

contest

deep water

dispute

muddle

quarrel

unrest

whirl

bovver

aggressive

general adaptation syndrome

anger

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Hyphenated as

ag‧gro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæɡ.ɹoʊ/

Etymology

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