All gladiatorial synonyms
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G g adj gladiatorial
- contentious β A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
- cantankerous β Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- belligerent β A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- bellicose β You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- antagonistic β If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- militaristic β a person imbued with militarism.
- vigorous β full of or characterized by vigor: a vigorous effort.
- assertive β Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice.
- litigious β of or relating to litigation.
- tempestuous β stormy, tumultuous
- combative β A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- turbulent β being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed: turbulent feelings or emotions.
- fractious β refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- unruly β not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
- active β Someone who is active moves around a lot or does a lot of things.
- military β of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- offensive β causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- fighting β fit to fight: a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.
- martial β inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- militant β vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- ornery β ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
- pugnacious β inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- quarrelsome β inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- strenuous β characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- truculent β fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- warlike β fit, qualified, or ready for war; martial: a warlike fleet; warlike tribes.
- warring β a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- scrappy β fond of fighting, arguing, or competing.
- cussed β obstinate
- fire-eater β an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
- hawkish β resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- trigger-happy β ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- pushy β obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
- self-assertive β insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- up in arms β Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- assertory β characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
- combating β to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- in arms β armed and prepared for war
- argumentative β Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- bad-tempered β Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- choleric β A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry.
- churlish β Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- crabby β Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
adjective gladiatorial
- energetic β Showing or involving great activity or vitality.
- contending β competing; opposed
- embattled β (of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces.
- excitable β Responding rather too readily to something new or stimulating; too easily excited.
- battling β a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- hostile β of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.