hawkish
[haw-kish]
- resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- advocating war or a belligerently threatening diplomatic policy.
Origin of hawkish
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Contemporary Examples
But, under the hawkish eye of the media and through a heavily active social media presence, she carried on as usual.
Is she too hawkish for the activists who helped make her vote for the Iraq War so costly back in the 2008 campaign?
Conservatives who favor a hawkish foreign policy will claim otherwise, of course.
Later in that same show, guest Hillary Clinton hawked her new book together with her hawkish views on the Middle East.
While hawkish Republicans have pushed President Obama to launch air strikes, Paul has dodged the issue.
Historical Examples
The proprietor, a drawn, unhappy looking creature, and a hawkish looking German assistant welcomed me cordially.
The ConquestOscar Micheaux
His hawkish features, upturned moustache, and colourless skin gave him a truly Machiavellian aspect.
A Lively Bit of the FrontPercy F. Westerman
His eyes were large and gray; his nose of a hawkish shape; his lips very thin.
The Luftwaffe Marshal gasped, but swallowed the cry of fright as Dave's gun came within ten inches of his thin, hawkish nose.
Dave Dawson with the CommandosR. Sidney Bowen
His long face had a hawkish cast, and it was gray, not with age, but with the sage-gray of the desert.
The Heritage of the DesertZane Grey
hawkish
- favouring the use or display of force rather than diplomacy to achieve foreign policy goals
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Word Origin and History for hawkish
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