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What is "bellicose" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does bellicose mean in English? Meaning of bellicose definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "bellicose" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "bellicose": having or showing a ready disposition to fight

Adjective

  • Meaning: having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  • Example: bellicose young officers a combative impulse a contentious nature
  • Synonyms: battleful bellicose combative
  • Similar: aggressive
  • Adjective: Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile. 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The core Ice Age cast—wooly mammoth Manny (Ray Romano), sabertooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary), and sloth Sid (John Leguizamo)—are set adrift, sailing the high seas on a chunk of ice until they collide with a bellicose primate (Peter Dinklage).12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The core Ice Age cast—wooly mammoth Manny (Ray Romano), sabertooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary), and sloth Sid (John Leguizamo)—are set adrift, sailing the high seas on a chunk of ice until they collide with a bellicose primate (Peter Dinklage).Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

    • Synonyms:

    antagonistic, combative, threatening, aggressive, argumentative, hostile, pugnacious, quarrelsome, warlike, warring, battleful,

    Antonyms:

    easygoing, pacific, pacifistic, passive, peaceful, agreeable, calm,

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    bellicose in English: bellicose
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