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BELLICOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bellicose mean?
• BELLICOSE (adjective)
The adjective BELLICOSE has 1 sense:
1. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Familiarity information: BELLICOSE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Synonyms:
battleful; bellicose; combative
Context example:
a contentious nature
Similar:
aggressive (having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends)
Context examples
The animal was studying him with bellicose curiosity.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Servile and fawning as he had been before, he was now as domineering and bellicose.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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