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Bellicose Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Bellicose has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

having or showing a ready disposition to fight

"bellicose young officers"

"a combative impulse"

"a contentious nature"

2

Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.

Example Sentences
"bellicose young officers" adjective
"a combative impulse" adjective
"a contentious nature" adjective
See Also
sabre rattling pugnacious belligerent bellicist nonbellicose warlike impulse aggressive
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ose cose hose jose oose lose bose dose gose nose tose rose mose yose pose roose noose brose loose whose
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