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bellicose English

Meaning bellicose meaning

What does bellicose mean?

— adjective (= combative) having or showing a ready disposition to fight bellicose young officers a combative impulse a contentious nature

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bellicose?

belligerent warlike combative militant aggressive martial hostile battleful offensive battailous wishing to fight war-ridden truculent quarrelsome pugnacious peevish irruptive invasive incursive discontented contentious cantankerous attacking assaultive adjectival