hawkish

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hawkish

/ˈhɔːkɪʃ/ Northern England, UK
/ˈhoːkɪʃ/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈhɔkɪʃ/ Scotland, UK
/ˈhɔkɪʃ/ US
/ˈhɑkɪʃ/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈhɒkɪʃ/ Canada
/ˈhoːkəʃ/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɔːkɪʃ

adjective more hawkish · most hawkish

Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour. Luisa locks her VW and crosses the scrub to the encampment. ... Several inhabitants approach but not in a friendly manner. “Yeah?” challenges a man, with a hawkish Native American complexion. “I presumed this was a public park.” “You presumed wrong. It’s private.”
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.
Similar: bellicose · Opposite: dovish
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.
Opposite: dovish

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adj resembling a hawk

Deutsch	falkenartig

adj supportive of warlike foreign policy

Español	falconino
Français	bagarreur, batailleur, va-t-en-guerre
Deutsch	wucherisch, militaristisch
Ελληνικά	πολεμοχαρής polemocharís
Русский	вои́нственный voínstvennyj, ура́-патриоти́ческий urá-patriotíčeskij, милитари́стский militarístskij, ястреби́ный jastrebínyj
עברית	ניצי

adj favoring increasing interest rates

Deutsch	falkenhaft

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@misc{hawkish_2026,
  title = {hawkish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hawkish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}