Bellicose

/BEL-ih-kohs/

लड़ाकू (ladaku) / युद्धप्रिय (yuddhpriy)

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Meanings

  1. Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
  2. Warlike in manner
  3. Hostile and combative

Example Sentences

  • "The bellicose rhetoric from both sides raised fears of a border conflict."
  • "His bellicose attitude in meetings made colleagues reluctant to disagree with him."
  • "The editorial warned against bellicose posturing that could destabilize the entire region."

Etymology

From Latin 'bellicosus' (warlike), from 'bellicus' (of war), from 'bellum' (war). Related to 'belligerent', 'rebel' (to wage war again), and 'antebellum' (before the war).

Related Words

aggressivecombativepugnaciousbelligerent
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