All warmongering synonyms
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W w noun warmongering
- saber rattling β a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- belligerence β the act or quality of being belligerent or warlike; aggressiveness
- aggression β Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
- jingoism β the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- hawkishness β resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
adjective warmongering
- aggressive β An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- warlike β fit, qualified, or ready for war; martial: a warlike fleet; warlike tribes.
- battling β a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- belligerent β A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- boxing β Boxing is a sport in which two people wearing large padded gloves fight according to special rules.
- brawling β a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- contending β competing; opposed
- determined β If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- fencing β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- hostile β of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- jousting β a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- martial β inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- militant β vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- sparring β a motion of sparring.
- wrestling β an act of or a bout at wrestling.
- angry β When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
- argumentative β Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- bellicose β You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- combative β A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- contentious β A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
- disputatious β fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- disputative β Tending to dispute.
- ferocious β savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- hawkish β resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- jingoistic β the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- militaristic β a person imbued with militarism.
- pugnacious β inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- quarrelsome β inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- resolute β firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- scrappy β fond of fighting, arguing, or competing.
- truculent β fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- unbeatable β incapable of being beaten; impossible to defeat: an unbeatable football team.
- up in arms β Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- army β An army is a large organized group of people who are armed and trained to fight on land in a war. Most armies are organized and controlled by governments.
- combatant β A combatant is a person, group, or country that takes part in the fighting in a war.
- fighting β fit to fight: a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.
- armed β Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun.
- noncivil β Not civil.
- soldierly β of, like, or befitting a soldier.
- attacking β to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- bloodthirsty β Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.
- contrary β Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- gladiatorial β of or relating to gladiators or to their combats.
- inimical β adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health.
- military β of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.