- bellicoseness
- n. fondness for fights, eagerness to argue
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
bellicoseness
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bellicoseness — See bellicosely. * * * … Universalium
bellicoseness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See ATTACK. 2. The… … English dictionary for students
bellicoseness — noun a natural disposition to fight • Syn: ↑bellicosity • Hypernyms: ↑aggressiveness, ↑belligerence, ↑pugnacity … Useful english dictionary
bellicosity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See ATTACK. 2.… … English dictionary for students
belligerence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See ATTACK. 2.… … English dictionary for students
belligerency — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A state of open, prolonged fighting: conflict, confrontation, hostility (used in plural), strife, struggle, war, warfare. See CONFLICT. 2. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity,… … English dictionary for students
combativeness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See ATTACK. 2.… … English dictionary for students
contentiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or state of being argumentative: argumentativeness, combativeness, disputatiousness, litigiousness, scrappiness. See CONFLICT. 2. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity,… … English dictionary for students
pugnaciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, rnili tance, militancy, pugnacity, truculence, trucu lency. See ATTACK. 2.… … English dictionary for students
pugnacity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, mili tance, militancy, pugnaciousness, truculence, truculency. See ATTACK. 2 … English dictionary for students
