bellicose
/BEL-ih-kohss/adjectivedemonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
“The bellicose rhetoric cooled once trade talks began.”
- Synonyms
- belligerent, warlike, combative
- Antonyms
- peaceable, conciliatory
- Memory hook
- bellum (war): spoiling for war.
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