Bellicose
21bellicose — adjective literary always wanting to fight or argue; aggressive (1) bellicosity noun (U) …
22bellicose — adj 1. aggressive, antagonistic, combative, belligerent, pugnacious; hostile, unfriendly, inimical; contentious, quarrelsome, dissentious, wrangling, litigious, disputatious, argumentative; opposed, faultfinding, captious; contrary, perverse,… …
23bellicose — bel·li·cose …
24bellicose — bel•li•cose [[t]ˈbɛl ɪˌkoʊs[/t]] adj. inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L bellicōsus, der. of bellic(us) of war, der. of bellum war bel′li•cose ly, adv. bel li•cos′i•ty ˈkɒs ɪ ti bel′li•cose ness …
25bellicose — /ˈbɛləkoʊs / (say beluhkohs) adjective inclined to war; warlike; pugnacious. {Latin bellicōsus, from bellum war} –bellicosely, adverb –bellicosity /bɛləˈkɒsəti/ (say beluh kosuhtee), noun …
26bellicose — a. desirous of fighting; war like. ♦ bellicosity, n …
27bellicose — see REBEL …
28bellicose — adj. eager to fight; warlike. Derivatives: bellicosity n. Etymology: ME f. L bellicosus f. bellum war …
29Operation Bellicose — Part of Combined Bomber Offensive Date June 20/21, 23/24 1943 Location Friedrichshafen, Germany La Spezia …
30on the warpath — bellicose; wrathful. See irascibility, contention …