gladiatorial

• Relatif aux gladiateurs ou à leurs combats ; souvent utilisé métaphoriquement pour décrire une situation féroce, compétitive ou belliqueuse.

Relating to gladiators or their combats; often used metaphorically to describe a fierce, competitive, or combative situation.

1. C1formal

   Of or relating to gladiators, their combat, or the arena in which they fought.

   relatif aux gladiateurs

   • The gladiatorial games were a popular form of entertainment in ancient Rome.
   • He studied the gladiatorial combat techniques used in the Colosseum.
   • The museum displayed gladiatorial armor and weapons.

2. Aggressive or competitiveC1formal

   Resembling the fierce, combative, or confrontational nature of gladiatorial contests.

   gladiatorien

   • The political debate turned into a gladiatorial spectacle.
   • The company's gladiatorial approach to business alienated its partners.
   • Their relationship had a gladiatorial quality, full of conflict and rivalry.

   Synonymesaggressivebellicosebelligerentcombativecompetitivecontentiousfiercemilitantpugnaciousscrappytruculent

   Antonymesamicableconciliatorycooperativegentleharmoniouspeaceful