hawkish

adjective

hawk·ish ˈhȯ-kish

Synonyms of hawkish next

: resembling or suggesting a hawk or the beak of a hawk in appearance

a hawkish nose

He has a thatch of black curly hair and hawkish features.—

Jeff Shear

: having a militant attitude (as in a dispute) and advocating immediate vigorous action

especially : supporting war or warlike policies

a hawkish politician

He was a frequent and persistently hawkish participant in the war councils of the Administration. —

Vincent Blasi

While definitions vary, "neoconservative" generally refers to formerly moderate policy advocates who favor a hawkish and assertive foreign policy to implant democracy and American values abroad. —

Paul Richter

hawkishly adverb

Land is expensive, scarce, and watched hawkishly by environmentalists. —

Boston Magazine

hawkishness noun

… his Western anti-government philosophy and cold-war hawkishness… —

Jon Meacham

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The initial steps the new Trump administration takes in Asia might look hawkish at first glance. —

Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024 Earlier in the race, Blackburn released an ad touting her hawkish stance on China. —

Nate Rau, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024 The Biden-Harris administration, for its part, has taken its own hawkish approach to trade policy, especially with China, and has even kept some of Trump’s first-term tariffs in place. —

Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024 Since the July 31 decision to hike rates to 0.25%, Ueda seemed to scale back on this hawkish rhetoric. —

William Pesek, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hawkish