Word Meanings - BELLICOSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. W. Irving.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BELLICOSE)

• Pugnacious
• Quarrelsome
• bellicose
• contentious
• Warlike
• Military
• martial
• soldierly
• hostile
• soldierlike
• belligerent

Related words: (words related to BELLICOSE)

• MARTIALIST
  A warrior. Fuller.
• SOLDIERLY
  Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike. "Soldierly discipline." Sir P. Sidney.
• SOLDIERLIKE
  Like a soldier; soldierly.
• CONTENTIOUS
  Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. Contentious jurisdiction , jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed
• MARTIAL
  Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations. Martial flowers , a reddish crystalline salt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. -- Martial law, the law administered by the military power of a government when it
• WARLIKENESS
  Quality of being warlike.
• HOSTILELY
  In a hostile manner.
• MARTIALLY
  In a martial manner.
• WARLIKE
  1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition. Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. Shak. 2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial. The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased. Milton. Syn.
• BELLIGERENTLY
  In a belligerent manner; hostilely.
• QUARRELSOME
  Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric. Syn. -- Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling; choleric; fiery; petulant. -- Quar"rel*some*ly, adv. -- Quar"rel*some*ness,
• MARTIALISM
  The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war.
• PUGNACIOUS
  Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. --Pug*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Pug*na"cious*ness, n.
• MILITARY
  1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown. Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,
• MARTIALNESS
  The quality of being martial.
• BELLICOSELY
  In a bellicose manner.
• HOSTILE
  Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile
• BELLICOSE
  Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. W. Irving.
• BELLIGERENT
  1. Waging war; carrying on war. "Belligerent powers." E. Everett. 2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
• MARTIALIZE
  To render warlike; as, to martialize a people.
• COURT-MARTIAL
  A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.
• COBELLIGERENT
  Carryng on war in conjunction with another power.
• IMMARTIAL
  Not martial; unwarlike.