Bellicose

/ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/

Synonyms for "bellicose" (76 found)

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Closest matches (16)

aggressive antagonistic assertive battling belligerent bickering bloodthirsty bloodybloody mindedbloody-minded chauvinist chauvinistic

Adjective(3 words)

aggressive battleful belligerent

Adjective(1 words)

belligerent

Strong matches (22)

combative contention contentious disputatious divisive enemy eristic factional factious ferocious fierce fightingfull of fighthawkish hostile inimical irascible irritable jingo jingoish

Adjective(1 words)

combative

Noun(1 words)

guerrero

Related words (38)

jingoist jingoistic litigious martial militant militaristic military offensive partisan polarizing polemic polemical pugnacious quarrelsome rebellioussaber rattlingsaber-rattling sanguinary sanguineous savage

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scrappy shrewish soldierlike soldierlytrigger happytrigger-happy truculent unfriendly unpacific unpeaceable unpeaceful warlike warmongering warring wrangling

Adjective(2 words)

militaristic warlike

Adjective(1 words)

pugnacious

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

aggressive dispositioncharacter traitpolicy outlookpolicy tendencyposture tone

More specific

7 entries

belligerencebelligerent languageexpansionism militarismmilitaristic rhetoricpugnacitywarlike messaging

Collocations

6 entries

bellicose languagebellicose nationalismbellicose policybellicose posturebellicose posturingbellicose rhetoric

Inflections

2 entries

more bellicosemost bellicose

Derivations

2 entries

bellicosely bellicosity

similar

1 entries

aggressive

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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They would unquestionably diminish his bellicose outbursts.

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Such a bellicose attitude won't win you any friends.

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"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked in a bellicose tone.

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CHINA sent both bellicose and conciliatory signals yesterday as tension continued in the Taiwan Strait over Chinese military exercises and the deployment of US naval battle groups.

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