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hawkish
adjective as in aggressive
adjective as in chilly
adjective as in cold
adjective as in combative
adjective as in cool
adjective as in fighting
Strong matches
adjective as in freezing
adjective as in shivery
Weak matches
- Siberian
- algid
- arctic
- below freezing
- below zero
- benumbed
- biting
- bitter
- blasting
- bleak
- boreal
- brisk
- brumal
- chill
- chilled
- chilly
- cool
- crisp
- cutting
- frigid
- frore
- frosty
- frozen
- gelid
- glacial
- have goose bumps
- hiemal
- hyperborean
- icebox
- iced
- icy
- inclement
- intense
- keen
- nipping
- nippy
- numbed
- numbing
- one-dog night
- penetrating
- piercing
- polar
- raw
- rimy
- severe
- sharp
- sleety
- snappy
- snowy
- stinging
- two-dog night
- wintry
Example Sentences
One example of how hawkish voices were checked was the case of Landon Heid, said the people familiar with the White House’s dynamics.
And, like some of her predecessors, including the late former PM Shinzo Abe, she is seen as hawkish when it comes to an increasingly powerful China.
Cohen’s position is certainly not the most hawkish among Democrats on the issue of U.S. support for Israel, but it’s also far from Pearson’s.
If anything, the prospect of higher tariffs may make the Fed more reluctant to cut, or more inclined to deliver another ‘hawkish’ cut,” he cautions.
A hawkish stance without clarity, on the other hand, might strangle growth a little too soon.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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