hawkish
Collocations
4ADJ.
fierce, foreign, public
VERB + HAWKISH
retrospect, support
HAWKISH + NOUN
american, israel, majority, parliament, policy, tendencies
PREP.
from, in, in
Definitions
adj
Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.
Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.
The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion.
This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.
Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.
The Federal Reserve's recent statement on the slowing of inflation was interpreted as hawkish by the market.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
- militant
- warlike
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion.
WiktionaryThis was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.
WiktionaryBut before the letter was finalized, it drew denunciation from the hawkish American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
WiktionaryIn retrospect, the hawkish tendencies of that society were becoming more and more evident in the months before war broke out.
Tatoeba · #5724361I am in favor of a more hawkish foreign policy.
Tatoeba · #6018490He's both a hawkish dove and a dovish hawk.
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