hawkish
Eager for conflict
Hawkish describes an aggressive stance, especially favoring military action or confrontational foreign policy.
The opposite of dovish.
In finance, hawkish describes central bankers who prioritize fighting inflation over stimulating growth, typically by raising interest rates: The Fed's hawkish tone spooked markets.
From hawk, the predatory bird associated with aggression.
Advocate for outside involvement
- hardlineStubbornly inflexible in stance
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
militaristic · unilateralist · saber-rattling · escalation · preemptive · coercive · nationalist · neoconservative
Strict or ship's aft
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
uncompromising · assertive · confrontational · pugnacious · bellicose · truculent · hostile · domineering
Making less loose
- contractionaryCausing economic reduction
- restrictiveImposing narrow boundaries
- anti-inflationaryCounteracting rising price levels
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
interventionist
Advocate for outside involvement
- hardlineStubbornly inflexible in stance
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
aggressive · militaristic · unilateralist · saber-rattling · escalation · preemptive · coercive · nationalist · neoconservative · defense
stern
Strict or ship's aft
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
intimidating · uncompromising · assertive · confrontational · pugnacious · bellicose · truculent · hostile · domineering · strident
tightening
Making less loose
- contractionaryCausing economic reduction
- restrictiveImposing narrow boundaries
- anti-inflationaryCounteracting rising price levels
- monetary policyinflation, central banking, deflation, central bank, money supply
- FedFederal Reserve, FOMC, monetary policy, interest rates, rate cut
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- animal-likeapish, apelike, avian, beastly, birdlike
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- personalitiesintrovert, optimist, extrovert, pessimist, idealist
hawkishdovish
Favoring conciliation over aggression
pacifist · pacifistic · antiwar · anti-war · peaceful
hawkishpeaceful
Free from disturbance
diplomatic · conciliatory · peaceable · pacifist · gentle