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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
On Thursday, RBA’s chief economist Sarah Hunter will speak, where she is expected to extend the hawkish message.
The growing rate-cut doubts were driven by hawkish commentary from Fed speakers and the White House suggesting that we are unlikely to see October’s unemployment rate.
Takaichi is also famously hawkish on China and a longtime supporter of Taiwan.
As hawkish opinion has hardened, doves have had less to say publicly, though they haven’t folded.
Since taking office in June, Lee has vowed to "respect" North Korea's political system and pursue dialogue without preconditions, in a sharp break with the policies of his hawkish predecessor.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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