Meaning of BELLICOSE
| Pronunciation: | | 'belu`kows
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature" |
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| | Synonyms: | | aggressive, battleful, combative, contentious |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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