different between antagonistic vs bellicose
antagonistic
English
Etymology
From antagonist +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æn.tæ.??.?n?s.t?k/
Adjective
antagonistic (comparative more antagonistic, superlative most antagonistic)
- Contending or acting against.
- 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity[1]:
- They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic.
- 1866, American Journal of Pharmacy and the Sciences Supporting Public Health:
- Though the tephrosia is a powerful agent, and, if carried too far beyond the antagonistic action of the poison, is, I presume, not entirely without danger, I have never known any bad symptoms to arise from its use.
- 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity[1]:
- (biochemistry) Relating to an antagonist
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:combative
Translations
Anagrams
- anti-agnostic, antiagnostic
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bellicose
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Latin bellicosus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?l?ko?s/, /?b?l?ko?s/
Adjective
bellicose (comparative more bellicose, superlative most bellicose)
- Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- The core Ice Age cast—wooly mammoth Manny (Ray Romano), sabertooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary), and sloth Sid (John Leguizamo)—are set adrift, sailing the high seas on a chunk of ice until they collide with a bellicose primate (Peter Dinklage).
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- Showing or having the impulse to be combative.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:combative
Antonyms
- pacific
Related terms
- antebellum
- bellicosity
- bellicism
- belligerent
- Bellona
- postbellum
- rebel
- rebellion
Coordinate terms
- trigger-happy
- warmonger
Translations
Italian
Adjective
bellicose f pl
- feminine plural of bellicoso
Latin
Adjective
bellic?se
- vocative masculine singular of bellic?sus
References
- bellicose in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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