bellicosity
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˌbɛlɪˈkɑsɪti/
:
belicosidad
- His bellicosity in arguments often led to heated debates that frustrated his friends.
And I think the Republican bellicosity on this issue is so telling and so frustrating because they're not thinking about the consequences.
- And I think the Republican bellicosity on this issue is so telling and so frustrating because they're not thinking about the consequences.
Examples
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The perception of Chinese bellicosity damages its interests elsewhere.
Blog text (6) -
And I think the Republican bellicosity on this issue is so telling and so frustrating because they're not thinking about the consequences.
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Here, friendship, youth, and love are most highly valued, and anger and bellicosity are avoided at all costs.
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A great deal of this bellicosity is mere campaign theatrics.
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Others adapt, as John F. Kennedy did when his bellicosity almost provoked World War III.
Blog text (9) -
But I see that Romney has toned down his bellicosity, and I see that neocons dare not speak their true mind.
Blog text (29) -
But Obama's emphasis on economic and social development was very different from the bellicosity of regime change and the grandiose hopes of Bush's Freedom Agenda.
Academic text (2010) -
But subsequent bellicosity, primarily over Cyprus, prompted NATO chief Javier Solana to personally calm tensions between the two countries in early October.
Academic text (1998) -
Knowledgeable centrists may well bow out of the argument, feeling that they cannot bring sense either to the simpletons of bellicosity or to the wishful thinkers of global peace.
Academic text (2000) -
Two years after Hezbollah's war with Israel, Lebanon is a divided country teetering on the verge of a civil war that is largely a result of Hezbollah's bellicosity toward Israel and its refusal to submit itself to the domain of politics with the rest of Lebanon.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
101
3.5
Hostile or violent behavior toward others
12
4.6
Showing a readiness to attack or threaten others
10
6.3
Being very cruel and violent toward other people or animals
6
3.5
A strong feeling or force, for example during a storm
5
7.9
Unfriendly and aggressive behavior that tries to start a fight
1
7.5
A willingness to argue or fight
1
8.0
A tendency to act in a forceful or angry way toward others
1
7.0
Very violent and cruel actions that frighten people
A habit of starting arguments or fights
A quick angry way of behaving that leads to arguments
A very determined and strong way of behaving that seems aggressive
A way of acting that is too forceful and hostile in words or actions
Antonyms
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6.2
The belief that using violence, like fighting or war, is wrong and people should solve problems peacefully
How Aggressive
- Formal
1
9.9
5
7.9
1
9.9
12
4.6
147
4.7
1
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bellicosity comes from the Latin word bellum, which means 'war', and the same root is in belligerent. So bellicosity is the tendency to be 'warlike' or ready to fight.