GLADIATORIAL


Meaning of GLADIATORIAL in English

|gladēə|tōrēəl, -tȯr- adjective

1. : of, relating to, or suggestive of gladiators or the combats of gladiators

bloody gladiatorial spectacles

2. : inclined toward controversy or contention : quarrelsome

gladiatorial newspaper columnists

those gladiatorial contests in which the participants are encouraged to let their hostilities run riot — R.H.Wittcoff

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.