Hawkish – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

The word of the day is ‘hawkish’.

The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence. 

No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form. 

It means:
1. Warlike
2. Aggressive
3. Combative
4. Fighting

1. Hindi – Tejatarraar
2. Spanish – Hawkish
3. French – Belliciste
4. Mandarin – Yīng pài de

1. His hawkish features, upturned moustache, and colourless skin gave him a truly Machiavellian aspect.
2. The proprietor, a drawn, unhappy-looking creature, and a hawkish looking German assistant welcomed me cordially.
3. The president is hawkish on foreign policy.
4. He is one of the most hawkish members of the new cabinet.
5. Hawkish and aggressive, the senator has a reputation for pushing his own agenda rather than working with others.

Some synonyms of today’s word are:
aggressive, attacking, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, combative, contending, contentious, contrary, fighting, gladiatorial, inimical, martial, militant, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome, soldierly, truculent, unfriendly, warmongering, warring, antagonistic, cantankerous, cussed, fire-eating, ornery, pugnacious, scrappy, strenuous, trigger-happy, truculent, warlike, destructive, intrusive, threatening, antipathetic, assailing, attacking, barbaric, disruptive, disturbing, encroaching, intruding, invading, rapacious, battling, boxing, brawling, fencing, hostile, jousting, skirmishing, sparring, wrestling, angry, argumentative, disputatious, jingoistic, ready to fight etc.

harmonizing, peaceful, kind, nice, agreeable, compromising, peaceful, peace-loving, calm, complaisant, easy-going, laid-back