bellicose

• Qualifie une personne ou une nation agressive, guerrière ou qui cherche le combat. Se dit aussi d'un comportement ou d'un discours hostile et provocateur.

Describes a person or nation that is aggressive, warlike, or eager to fight.

1. Aggressive or warlikeC1formal

   Having or showing a readiness to fight or argue; hostile.

   belliqueux

   • His bellicose remarks during the debate angered the audience.
   • The general's bellicose stance worried the diplomats.
   • She adopted a bellicose tone when discussing the border dispute.

   Synonymesaggressiveantagonisticbelligerentcombativecontentioushostilepugnaciousquarrelsometruculentwarlike

   Antonymesamiablegentlemildpacificpeaceful