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Bellicose

Bellicose Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bellicose? [adj] having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bellicose: aggressive \| battleful \| combative \| contentious Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bellicose: aggressive \| antagonistic \| assertive \| battling \| belligerent \| bickering \| bloodthirsty \| bloody \| bloody-minded \| chauvinist \| chauvinistic \| combative \| contentious \| disputatious \| divisive \| enemy \| eristic \| factional \| factious \| ferocious \| fierce \| fighting \| full of fight \| hawkish \| hostile \| inimical \| irascible \| irritable \| jingo \| jingoish \| jingoist \| jingoistic \| litigious \| martial \| militant \| militaristic \| military \| offensive \| partisan \| polarizing \| polemic \| pugnacious \| quarrelsome \| rebellious \| saber-rattling \| sanguinary \| sanguineous \| savage \| scrappy \| shrewish \| soldierlike \| soldierly \| trigger-happy \| truculent \| unfriendly \| unpacific \| unpeaceable \| unpeaceful \| warlike \| warmongering \| warring \| wrangling See Also \| Bellicose In Webster's Dictionary \Bel"li*cose`\, a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of war, fr. bellum war. See {Duel}.] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. --W. Irving.

Bellicose Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bellicose?

[adj] having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bellicose: aggressive | battleful | combative | contentious

See Also |

Bellicose In Webster's Dictionary

\Bel"li*cose`\, a. [L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of
war, fr. bellum war. See {Duel}.]
Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

      Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. --W. Irving.

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