All bellicose synonyms
bel·li·cose
B b adj bellicose
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- combative — A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- threatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- aggressive — An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- warlike — fit, qualified, or ready for war; martial: a warlike fleet; warlike tribes.
- warring — a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.