bellicose
Syllables: bel·li·coseUS/ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/
bellicose adjective: warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
Adjective
bellicose (comparative more bellicose, superlative most bellicose)
- Warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
- You don't have to be so bellicose, and we can work out a peaceful solution.
- CHINA sent both bellicose and conciliatory signals yesterday as tension continued in the Taiwan Strait over Chinese military exercises and the deployment of US naval battle groups.1996 March 15, James Pringle, “Peking sends out mixed signals”, in The Times, number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, column 8
- Synonyms:
- belligerent, pugnacious
bellicose meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
bellicose in Hindi
- 1. warlike in nature
- आक्रामक ākrāmak, हिंसक hinsak
bellicose in Urdu
- لڑاکو
bellicose in Bengali
- যুদ্ধপ্রিয়, ঝগড়াটে
bellicose in Malayalam
- aggressive, belligerent, hostile
- സമരോത്സുകമായ, കലഹപ്രിയമായ, അങ്കക്കലിപൂണ്ട, കലഹപ്രിയമുള്ള, ആക്രമണോത്സുകസമീപനമുള്ള, സാംഗ്രാമിക
More languagesFewer languages
- bellicose in Tagalog
- pinga
- bellicose in Arabic
- عُدْوَانِيّ ʕudwāniyy
Synonyms of bellicose
Antonyms
Forms of bellicose
| comparative | more bellicose |
|---|---|
| superlative | most bellicose |
Origin of bellicose
From Middle English bellicose, from Latin bellicosus.
Words formed from bellicose
Questions about bellicose
- What does bellicose mean?
- Bellicose means warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
- What is bellicose in Hindi?
- Bellicose in Hindi is आक्रामक (ākrāmak), हिंसक (hinsak). See Bellicose meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bellicose?
- Bellicose is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bellicose?
- Bellicose is pronounced /ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/ (US).
Words near bellicose in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bellicose (page history and authors); bellicose (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bellicose (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bellicose (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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