- battleful: having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"
- Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile; Showing or having the impulse to be combative
- Eager to fight; warlike. Jimmy and his gang were in a bellicose mood.
- aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious
- ready or inclined to quarrel, fight, or go to war; zealous patriotism expressing itself especially in hostility towards other countries
- warlike in manner or temperament; quarrelsome
- (adj) warlike or hostile