Dictionary Definition
bellicose adj : having or showing a ready
disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative
impulse"; "a contentious nature" [syn: battleful, combative, contentious]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
bellicose- Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
- Showing or having the impulse to be combative.
Translations
warlike in nature
- French: béliqueux
- German: kriegerisch
having the impulse to be combative
- French: béliqueux
- German: kriegerisch
Italian
Adjective
bellicose- Feminine plural form of bellicoso
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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