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bel·li·cose
 bellicose
- pronunciation:
- be
lih
kos
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent.
The bellicose neighbors had been fighting over their borderlands for decades.- antonyms:
- amicable, pacific, peaceable
- similar words:
- belligerent, martial, truculent
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| definition 2: |
displaying an eagerness to fight.
Bellicose statements were hurled by each side, but there was no real fight.- synonyms:
- belligerent, hostile
- antonyms:
- amicable, friendly, mollifying
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| related words: |
aggressive, choleric, inimical, militant, quarrelsome, turbulent |
| derivations: |
bellicosely (adv.), bellicoseness (n.), bellicosity (n.) |
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