They would unquestionably diminish his bellicose outbursts.
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Bellicose
//ˈbɛlɪkoʊs//
Synonyms for "bellicose" (78 found)
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chauvinistchauvinisticcombativecontentioncontentiousdisputatiousdivisiveenemyeristicfactionalfactiousferociousfiercefightingfull of fighthawkishhostileinimicalirascibleirritable
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
8 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 31 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- strydlustig adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πολεμικός adj (warlike in nature)
Arabic
1 entries- عُدْوَانِيّ adj (warlike in nature)
Belarusian
2 entries- ваяўні́чы adj (warlike in nature)
- ваяўні́чы adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Bulgarian
2 entries- во́йнствен adj (warlike in nature)
- во́йнствен adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Catalan
1 entries- bel·licós adj (warlike in nature)
Danish
2 entries- krigerisk adj (warlike in nature)
- stridslysten adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Dutch
2 entries- strijdlustig adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- vechtlustig adj (warlike in nature)
Estonian
1 entries- sõjakas adj (warlike in nature)
Finnish
2 entries- riidanhaluinen adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- sotaisa adj (warlike in nature)
French
2 entries- belliqueux adj (warlike in nature)
- belliqueux adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Galician
1 entries- bélico adj (warlike in nature)
Georgian
2 entries- მებრძოლი adj (warlike in nature)
- მეომარი adj (warlike in nature)
German
2 entries- kriegerisch adj (warlike in nature)
- kriegerisch adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Icelandic
4 entries- bardagafús adj (warlike in nature)
- bardagafús adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- deilugjarn adj (warlike in nature)
- errinn adj (warlike in nature)
Irish
4 entries- achrannach adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- cogúil adj (warlike in nature)
- taghdach adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- trodach adj (warlike in nature)
Italian
3 entries- battagliero adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- bellicoso adj (warlike in nature)
- combattivo adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Japanese
4 entries- 喧嘩っ早い adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- 好戦的な adj (warlike in nature)
- 戦争好きな adj (warlike in nature)
- 武闘派な adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Korean
1 entries- 호전적 adj (warlike in nature)
Latin
1 entries- bellicōsus adj (warlike in nature)
Macedonian
1 entries- воинствен adj (warlike in nature)
Māori
3 entries- kaitaua adj (warlike in nature)
- kaitaua adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- ririhau adj (warlike in nature)
Occitan
4 entries- batalhièr adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- bellicós adj (warlike in nature)
- bellicós adj (having the impulse to be combative)
- guerrejaire adj (warlike in nature)
Old Irish
1 entries- cathach adj (warlike in nature)
Polish
1 entries- wojowniczy adj (warlike in nature)
Portuguese
1 entries- bélico adj (warlike in nature)
Romanian
1 entries- belicos adj (warlike in nature)
Russian
2 entries- вои́нственный adj (warlike in nature)
- вои́нственный adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Spanish
1 entries- belicoso adj (warlike in nature)
Tagalog
1 entries- pinga adj (warlike in nature)
Ukrainian
2 entries- войовни́чий adj (warlike in nature)
- войовни́чий adj (having the impulse to be combative)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Such a bellicose attitude won't win you any friends.
Source: tatoeba (9139541)
"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked in a bellicose tone.
Source: tatoeba (9681659)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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