hawkish
adjective
uk/ˈhɔː.kɪʃ/us/ˈhɑː.kɪʃ/hawkishadjective(SUPPORTING FORCE)
supportingthe use offorceinpoliticalrelationshipsratherthandiscussionor other morepeacefulsolutions:
（主张采取强硬政治路线的）鹰派的Thepresidentis hawkish onforeignpolicy.总统在外交政策上十分强硬。
Suchoppositiononlyhardenedtheirhawkishviews.
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militantadjective
warlikeformal
Opposite
dovish
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggressively
- aggressiveness
- aggro
- agonistic
- ferocity
- fierce
- fierceness
- fighting words
- flex
- pugnacity
- rabble-rousing
- raging
- Rambo
- rampage
- viciousness
- violence
- warlike
- warmonger
- warmongering
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hawkishadjective(LIKE BIRD)
Hawkishfeaturesaresimilarto those of ahawk(= atypeoflargebirdthatcatchessmallbirdsandanimalsforfood):
He hasdarkeyebrowsanddeep-set, hawkisheyes.
She has alonghawkishnose.
hawkishadjective(WATCHING)
watchingsomething verycloselyor with a lot ofattention:
Hewatchedwith hawkishattentionas Giovannidancedwith hiswife.
She alwayskeepsa hawkisheyeoncosts.
Perceptive
- acute
- acutely
- acuteness
- antenna
- eagle eye
- eagle-eyed
- eye
- gimlet
- have an eye forsomethingidiom
- have gimlet eyesidiom
- have/keep (all)yourwits aboutyouidiom
- hyperalert
- observant
- percipient
- sharp
- sharp-eyed
- sharpness
- spotter
- super-sharp
- wit
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Using the eyes