bellicoseness
Eagerness for conflict
Bellicoseness is an aggressive, combative disposition—a readiness to fight or quarrel.
The word describes someone spoiling for conflict: His bellicoseness made negotiations impossible.
Less common than the synonymous belligerence, it emphasizes the quality as a personality trait rather than a temporary state.
Inclination to quarrel
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- truculenceFierce, sullen defiance
- aggressivenessForceful, hostile disposition
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
hostility · antagonism · militancy · quarrelsomeness · contentiousness · fierceness · provocativeness · warlikeness
Active, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- ill willHostile or unfriendly feeling
- malevolenceActive ill will
rancor · acrimony · bitterness · spite · venom · hatred · antipathy · bad blood
Direct hostile encounter
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
feud · strife · discord · friction · contention · squabble · wrangle · skirmish
Tendency to anger easily
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
- hot-headednessTendency toward rash anger
- quick temperDisposition toward sudden rage
- short fuseTendency to anger quickly
volatility · irritability · touchiness · peevishness · crankiness · grouchiness · snappishness · orneriness
pugnacity
Inclination to quarrel
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- truculenceFierce, sullen defiance
- aggressivenessForceful, hostile disposition
ferocity · hostility · antagonism · militancy · quarrelsomeness · contentiousness · fierceness · provocativeness · warlikeness · assertiveness
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- ill willHostile or unfriendly feeling
malevolence · rancor · acrimony · bitterness · spite · venom · hatred · antipathy · bad blood · grudge
confrontation
Direct hostile encounter
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
quarrel · feud · strife · discord · friction · contention · squabble · wrangle · skirmish · standoff
irascibility
Tendency to anger easily
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
- hot-headednessTendency toward rash anger
- quick temperDisposition toward sudden rage
short fuse · volatility · irritability · touchiness · peevishness · crankiness · grouchiness · snappishness · orneriness · bad temper
bellicosenesspeacefulness
State of quiet tranquility
pacifism · peaceableness · nonviolence · dovishness · amicability
bellicosenessamiability
Friendly, agreeable temperament
geniality · friendliness · mildness · meekness · gentleness
rebellion, antebellum, rebellious, rebels, belligerent, bellicose, belligerence, rebelliousness, belligerently