| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having or showing an eagerness to fight: bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, hostile, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, warlike. See ATTACK. 2. So sharp as to cause mental pain: acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, mordant, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic. See ATTACK, RESPECT. 3. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell2, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, vicious, wolfish. See KIND.
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