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Bellicose

//ˈbɛlɪkoʊs//

Synonyms for "bellicose" (71 found)

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Informal (5)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

savage

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

bloody

Adj, adv, slang(1 words)

fierce

Adj, slang(2 words)

scrappy bloody-minded

General use (66)

Adj, noun(13 words)

offensive partisan hostile militant belligerent aggressive military sanguinary polemic chauvinist polemical jingoist eristic

Adjective(33 words)

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trigger-happy factious litigious assertive hawkish jingoistic soldierlike militaristic divisive unpeaceable jingoish unpacific factional

Noun(2 words)

contention jingo

Adj, noun, verb(4 words)

fighting bickering battling saber-rattling

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

unfriendly

Noun, verb(4 words)

enemy wrangling warmongering saber rattling

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

martial

Adjective(2 words)

combative battleful

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

warring

bloody minded full of fight

Adj, adv(1 words)

soldierly

Adj, verb(1 words)

polarizing

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