English-Thai Dictionary

bellicose

ADJ พร้อม ที่จะ ต่อสู้  พร้อม ที่จะ ทะเลาะวิวาท  belligerent pacific prom-ti-ja-tor-su

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BELLICOSE

Bel "li *cose `, a. Etym: [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of war, fr. bellum war. See Duel. ]

 

Defn: Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. W. Irving.

 

BELLICOSELY

BELLICOSELY Bel "li *cose `ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a bellicose manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bellicose

bel li cose |ˈbeliˌkōs ˈbɛləˌkoʊs | ▶adjective demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight: a group of bellicose patriots. DERIVATIVES bel li cos i ty |ˌbeləˈkäsitē |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin bellicosus, from bellicus ‘warlike, ’ from bellum ‘war. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

bellicose

bellicose |ˈbɛlɪkəʊs | ▶adjective demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight: a mood of bellicose jingoism. DERIVATIVES bellicosity |-ˈkɒsɪti |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin bellicosus, from bellicus ‘warlike ’, from bellum ‘war ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bellicose

bellicose adjective I cannot endorse the bellicose nature of your organization: belligerent, aggressive, hostile, warlike, warmongering, hawkish, antagonistic, pugnacious, truculent, confrontational, contentious, militant, combative; informal spoiling for a fight, scrappy. ANTONYMS peaceable. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See hostile . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bellicose

bellicose adjective the extreme right adopted a bellicose attitude: belligerent, aggressive, hostile, threatening, antagonistic, pugnacious, truculent, confrontational, argumentative, quarrelsome, disputatious, contentious, militant, combative; quick-tempered, hot-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, irascible, captious; informal spoiling for a fight; Brit. informal stroppy, bolshie; N. Amer. informal scrappy; rare oppugnant. ANTONYMS peaceable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bellicose

bel li cose /bélɪkòʊs /形容詞 〈人や態度が 〉戦意に満ちた, 好戦的な .～ly 副詞 ～ness, b è l li c ó s i ty /-kɑ́səti |-kɔ́s -/名詞