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Definition of Hawkish
1. Adjective. Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies. "Warlike policies"
Definition of Hawkish
1. Adjective. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action. ¹
2. Adjective. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hawkish
1. warlike [adj] - See also: warlike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawkish
Literary usage of Hawkish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dealignment: A New Foreign Policy Perspective by Mary Kaldor, Richard A. Falk, Gerard Holden (1987)
"In the United States a small hawkish faction was determined to reverse America's
... The Euro-American Workshop brought together such hawkish American ..."
2. Kingdoms of Ahn Daowen: Storms of Espyrea by E. P. Harlow (2007)
"She was of average height, and her fair, hawkish face hinted at no emotion.
"It will cost five silvers a head for passage to the city. ..."
3. A History of the United States by Edward Channing (1917)
"He thought it was "setting up a kite [a hawkish bird] to keep the hen- yard in
order." He especially disliked the permanency of the presidential office, ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"... 1888); hawkish, Л Sketch of the Creek Country (The Georgia Historical Society,
Savannah, 1848); Annual Reports of the Commissioner o¡ Indian Affairs. ..."
5. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"As she said it she had a slight shock of cowering under eyes tolerably hawkish
in their male glitter; but her coolness was not disturbed, and without any ..."
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