Word:
Bellicose
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Having or showing a tendency to argue or fight.
Sentences:
1) Those bellicose baseball players seem to have more fun fighting, rather than playing.
2) She was of a bellicose character.
Origin:
Middle English, from Latin bellicosus, from bellicus which means 'of war'.
First use:
15th century
Synonyms:
agressive, agonistic, argumentative, warlike
Antonyms:
non-agressive, pacific.
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