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What is the adjective for push?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb push which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

pushing
  1. That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
  2. (now rare) Aggressively assertive; pushy.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “This Edgware Road Knight of the Yard-stick was a pushing young man, anxious for business.”
      “They were said to be arrogant, pushing and cocky, talking loudly while gesticulating.”
      “That turbulent, pushing busybody Winston is going to split our Party.”
pushy
  1. Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “She is ambitious but too pushy even for parliamentary circles.”
      “Watch over them religiously. Be suspicious, nosey and pushy, even if things look fine on the outside.”
      “Potential contestants have to be extrovert without being annoying, pushy show-offs.”
pushful
  1. Energetic; pushy. [from 19th c.]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “German trading associations were as pushful in Renaissance times as they are to-day, and more artistic.”
      “Close astern of her comes War Ordnance, her pushful young captain having taken heed of the sounds of Standard's weighing.”
      “It is stated that Thurlow promised to help his less pushful comrade.”
pushable
  1. Capable of being pushed.
pushier
pushiest
pushed
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