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Adjective
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Warlike in nature
aggressive
belligerent
combative
pugnacious
quarrelsome
antagonistic
argumentative
confrontational
hostile
warlike
contentious
defiant
destructive
disputatious
militant
offensive
provocative
scrappy
truculent
agonistic
assaultive
bad-tempered
brawly
captious
chippy
discordant
feisty
gladiatorial
hawkish
hot-tempered
ill-tempered
irascible
militaristic
quick-tempered
threatening
aggers
battleful
bolshie
jingoistic
oppugnant
sabre-rattling
stroppy
warmongering
warring
on the warpath
spoiling for a fight
evil
frosty
critical
cool
cutting
pernicious
baleful
evil-intentioned
wicked
forbidding
unfavourableUK
unfavorableUS
savage
mortal
menacing
grim
chilly
frigid
aloof
harmful
distant
severe
glacial
injurious
damaging
acerbic
despiteful
corrosive
vengeful
unapproachable
cold-blooded
hard
stern
sarcastic
prejudicial
icy
disparaging
cold-eyed
barbed
tart
stinging
sardonic
uncordial
sinister
reserved
gelid
detrimental
clammy
antiseptic
brittle
hard-eyed
counter
repellent
dirty
standoffish
haughty
wintryUS
indifferent
stand-offish
abhorrent
winteryUK
brutal
coldish
chill
frozen
arctic
astringent
low
deleterious
devastating
acrid
remote
dangerous
pungent
dark
disdainful
awful
poor
withdrawn
acidulous
stony
stiff
snide
defamatory
odious
objectionable
noxious
discouraging
unemotional
hate-filled
horrid
off-putting
distasteful
unsocial
withering
disadvantageous
austere
derisive
loathsome
antisocial
cynical
uncivil
contemptuous
unresponsive
snarky
repulsive
satirical
uncommunicative
inauspicious
scalding
baneful
scornful
unfeeling
acidic
distressing
satiric
incisive
terrible
vexatious
acerb
revolting
averse
repugnant
unfortunate
offish
unneighbourly
searing
dire
execrable
uncomplimentary
grievous
beastly
smart-alecky
against
envenomed
mocking
jeering
scorching
calamitous
disavowing
disrespectful
indignant
formal
grudging
taunting
impersonal
implacable
smart-mouthed
emotionless
moody
horrible
dreadful
at odds
woeful
nocuous
lousy
ominous
deplorable
snarling
glowering
barbarous
ruthless
frightful
blistering
disgusting
unlucky
gross
worrisome
inopportune
untimely
upsetting
smart-aleck
detestable
piercing
monstrous
foreboding
cold-hearted
taxing
unaffable
hairy
censorious
unflattering
disturbing
anti
supercilious
bad-natured
regrettable
unpromising
incompatible
slanderous
ironical
unforgiving
black
sneering
derogatory
murderous
vituperative
steely
unneighborly
asocial
yucky
despicable
obstructive
insensitive
horrendous
contemptible
shrewish
unacceptable
ruinous
callous
miserable
appalling
ungenerous
merciless
abominable
detached
pitiless
gruff
wooden
frowning
brooding
contumelious
distressful
disagreeing
base
thoughtless
keen
unpalatable
enemy
backhanded
passionless
scoffing
gruesome
unbending
needling
scurrilous
saucy
unenthusiastic
atrocious
carping
ghastly
annoying
tragical
grisly
bothersome
hazardous
twitting
chaffing
arrogant
dodgy
bleak
shirty
disillusioned
morose
perilous
worrying
unhappy
uninviting
stark
weisenheiming
unamicable
concerning
unmannerly
cheerless
belittling
poison
cold as ice
annoyed
misanthropic
unforthcoming
revengeful
backbiting
offhand
irate
invidious
displeased
unadvantageous
tricky
lamentable
infelicitous
solitary
unamiable
undermining
toxicant
estranged
cataclysmic
embittered
lukewarm
blunt
offended
damning
aggrieved
disconcerting
troubling
noisome
crotchety
inapproachable
inexpedient
sickening
disastrous
unwelcome
louring
toxic
irreconcilable
shabby
uncaring
nauseating
intimidatory
tragic
short
inconvenient
tight
discomforting
horrific
disquieting
wild
catastrophic
inaccessible
dispassionate
sticky
minatory
unclubbable
heartless
ireful
pejorative
relentless
inhuman
scowling
heartbreaking
minacious
liverish
hideous
nauseous
agonizingUS
stressful
daunting
horrifying
unsettling
traumatic
perturbing
torturous
unappeasable
dry
standoff
glum
hard-hearted
thorny
delicate
heartrending
depressing
eggy
unsatisfactory
hardhearted
unsafe
uncomfortable
agitating
somberUS
dismal
doleful
insidious
enraged
boot-faced
flinty
full of hate
displeasing
humourlessUK
humorlessUS
onerous
arduous
knotty
beyond the pale
coldhearted
tormenting
fraught
macabre
nightmarish
grave
unsavouryUK
uncool
unsmiling
crippling
buttoned-up
ignominious
dishonorableUS
currish
sombreUK
solemn
unsavoryUS
accidentally on purpose
inhumane
repellant
shocking
sadistic
dishonourableUK
low-down
unappealing
painful
problematical
ticklish
punishing
precarious
chancy
iffy
gloomy
hellacious
undesirable
not nice
afflictive
low-minded
dubious
galling
in opposition
questionable
excruciating
spartan
agonisingUK
suspect
unhospitable
unsparing
ungenial
exacting
down on
spleenful
squint-eyed
xenophobic
uncompanionable
stabbing
seclusive
razor-edged
compassionless
smoulderingUK
coruscating
burning
uninvolved
lawless
sociopathic
of evil intent
bodeful
viperish
divided
split
off
artful
aspersive
scathy
strident
unkindly
ignoble
paltry
sordid
rigid
passive
atrabilious
sulphurousUK
sulfurousUS
peeved
serious
unchristian
lifeless
dripping venom
ill-timed
tumultuous
colonialistic
imperialistic
insulted
begruding
sore
temperamental
aggravated
envious
petty
libellousUK
corrupting
poisoned
libelousUS
wrought up
prepared for war
in the midst of battle
at swords' points
invalidating
unloving
reclusive
reticent
complaining
scratchy
impoverished
oppressed
poverty-stricken
full of spleen
full of gall
carnivorous
vexed
irked
piqued
irritated
extremely critical
unrelenting
cold-shoulder
smolderingUS
private
taciturn
retiring
introverted
avenging
pestiferous
galled
provoked
discontented
crusty
disharmonious
sectarian
schismatic
discrediting
peckish
sorehead
whingy
whingeing
outraged
unaccommodating
dyslogistic
depreciative
unprofitable
depreciatory
slighting
downside
detracting
debit-side
arch
ungentle
no-nonsense
mortified
cast iron
mopey
mopish
lethal
incendiary
imperillingUK
unhealthy
unwholesome
imperilingUS
pointed
waxy
snaky
ill-intentioned
peccant
toxiferous
miasmatic
pestilential
corruptive
morbid
infective
septic
corrupt
mephitic
feral
sharp-tongued
on edge
abrasive
headstrong
uncompromising
inflexible
hardline
remorseless
inexorable
quiet
distrustful
nongregarious
silent
secretive
divisive
troublemaking
partisan
fuming
fire-eating
fatal
cataclysmal
unreasonable
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
untamed
brutish
ill-boding
barbaric
punitive
grudge-bearing
unfair
obdurate
thrawn
mulish
capricious
unmerciful
unpitying
suspicious
uppity
murder
hellish
angerful
ranting
bristly
raving
psyched up
frenzied
tense
in a temper
convulsed
impertinent
uncouth
on the debit side
retaliatory
desperate
nefarious
villainous
serpentine
depraved
uncivilisedUK
fiendish
uncivilizedUS
abandoned
renitent
hostile to
averse to
inimical to
opposed to
unyielding
full of dislike
contrariant
nonconforming
paradoxical
pervicacious
contrarious
at variance
stuck-up
sworn
catastrophal
thirsting for revenge
out for revenge
wrongheaded
converse
ungallant
unladylike
gauche
cavalier
boorish
ill-bred
repelling
reproachful
condemnatory
deprecatory
pigheaded
bull-headed
cross-grained
fateful
shattering
unenthusiastic about
obscene
affectless
spiritless
apathetic
phlegmatic
undemonstrative
unhandsome
unmannered
ungentlemanly
terse
curt
uncalled-for
honest
candid
stony-hearted
insufferable
reprehensible
intolerable
criticizingUS
reproving
straightforward
realistic
disinclined to accept
reluctant to accept
unwilling to accept
dead set against
unspeakable
scummy
heinous
unnerving
discomposing
harrowing
crummy
unbearable
sober
irritating
mortifying
outspoken
disapprobatory
denunciatory
denouncing
dissatisfied
condemning
ill-fated
dislikeable
abysmal
icky
stinking
lurid
sedate
diabolical
unendurable
faultfinding
insulting
rancid
sick-making
scandalous
God-awful
inconsistent
scurvy
bogging
putrid
fulsome
disgustful
contradictory
skanky
grotty
godawful
saddening
grody
pathetic
afflicting
affecting
sad
yukky
antithetical
antonymous
controverting
up against
crossing
exposing
denying
facing
disputed
defending
against the grain
restrictive
protesting
at cross-purposes
confronting
defensive
objecting
gainsaying
disputing
yucko
rebarbative
loathly
judgmental
slating
knocking
nerve-racking
nail-biting
heart-rending
anguished
gut-wrenching
unlovely
unpleasing
heart-breaking
sorrowful
extremely bad
nerve-wracking
tardy
late
malapropos
wrong
improper
unseemly
unfit
discommodious
inadvisable
unseasonable
unsuited
creepy
extrinsic
extraneous
unconformable
different
revulsive
unfitted
foreign
warts and all
straight from the shoulder
criticisingUK
full of reproof
ill-advised
Olympian
starchy
competitive
not on speaking terms
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“Yet it is also a fact that the Administration has quietly backed down from a number of its most bellicose threats.”
Adjective
▲
Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons
ugly
nasty
unpleasant
tense
serious
dangerous
threatening
perilous
messy
troublesome
hostile
aggressive
ominous
rough
sinister
sour
violent
disagreeable
grave
dirty
filthy
alarming
menacing
troublous
grievous
charged
quarrelsome
treacherous
direful
minacious
pugnacious
intimidating
vexatious
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Adjective
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Having or showing a desire to kill and maim
bloodthirsty
murderous
warlike
barbarous
brutal
cut-throat
ferocious
heartless
homicidal
inhuman
merciless
ruthless
sanguinary
savage
vicious
bloody
sadistic
violent
barbaric
bloody-minded
callous
cruel
murdering
sanguine
sanguineous
fierce
gory
horrible
pitiless
remorseless
slaughterous
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