What does bellicose mean?

bellicose means "having or showing a ready disposition to fight".

How many syllables are in bellicose?

bellicose has 3 syllables: bel-li-cose. The stress falls on "bel". In IPA it is /ˈbɛləˌkoʊs/.

What is another word for bellicose?

Close synonyms include battleful, combative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bellicose a common word?

bellicose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bellicose?

1 word rhymes with bellicose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

bellicose — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having or showing a ready disposition to fight
“bellicose young officers”
“a combative impulse”
“a contentious nature”
Synonymsbattleful combative
Similaraggressive

Questions about bellicose

What does bellicose mean?: bellicose means "having or showing a ready disposition to fight".
How many syllables are in bellicose?: bellicose has 3 syllables: bel-li-cose. The stress falls on "bel". In IPA it is /ˈbɛləˌkoʊs/.

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