Bellicose Synonyms

bĕlĭ-kōs
Having or showing an eagerness to fight
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. belligerent
  2. hostile
  3. combative
  4. warlike
  5. militant
  6. pugnacious
  7. scrappy
  8. contentious
  9. battleful
  10. mad
  11. quarrelsome
  12. truculent
  13. rebellious
Of, relating to, or inclined toward war
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. martial
  2. militaristic
  3. military
  4. warlike
Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. belligerent

Words Related to Bellicose

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Bellicose Sentence Examples

  • It was one of the most bellicose elements in American society.

  • Did they choose bellicose rhetoric out of fear of choosing the wrong side?

  • He had a bellicose attitude toward trying to break the deadlock on the Western Front.

  • It was one of several bellicose statements by one of its coalition partners.

  • The bellicose noises made for war now were silent then.

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