Meaning

3 senses
  1. Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.

    falkenartig

  2. 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.

    wucherisch, militaristisch

    вои́нственныйvoínstvennyj, ура́-патриоти́ческийurá-patriotíčeskij, милитари́стскийmilitarístskij

  3. 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.

    falkenhaft

More definitions
  • disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

Examples

4 sentences
  1. He's both a hawkish dove and a dovish hawk.

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  2. I am in favor of a more hawkish foreign policy.

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  3. Tom is hawkish.

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  4. In retrospect, the hawkish tendencies of that society were becoming more and more evident in the months before war broke out.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
supportive of warlike foreign policy:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
resembling a hawk:
supportive of warlike foreign policy:
favoring increasing interest rates:

Forms

more hawkish, most hawkish
Comparativemore hawkish Lesson
Superlativemost hawkish Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

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