hawkish

Meaning of hawkish

adjective
  1. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.
    The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion.
  2. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.
    The Federal Reserve's recent statement on the slowing of inflation was interpreted as hawkish by the market.

Information about hawkish

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of hawkish

hawk-ish

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • hawkish is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

hawkish synonyms

Meaning militant:

militant, warlike

Meaning :

bellicose

hawkish antonyms

Meaning :

dovish

Words that rhyme with hawkish

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