Hawkish — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɔːkɪʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɔːkɪʃ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɔːkɪʃ/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɔːkɪʃ/.

Examples

militant nations
hawkish congressman
warlike policies

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

militant warlike

Parts of Speech

adjective

disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

“militant nations”

Word Forms

hawkishness

noun

any political orientation favoring aggressive policies

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

hawkisch

zu Kriegsführung oder einer Hardliner-Politik geneigt sind

🇫🇷French

belliciste

disposé à la guerre ou à une politique dure

🇪🇸Spanish

halcón

dispuestos a la guerra o a políticas de línea dura

🇮🇹Italian

falco

disposti alla guerra o alle politiche intransigenti

🇳🇱Dutch

havikachtig

geneigd tot oorlogvoering of een hard beleid

🇵🇹Portuguese

agressivo

disposto à guerra ou políticas de linha dura

🇷🇺Russian

ястребиный

склонен к войне или жесткой политике

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तेजतर्रार

युद्ध या कठोर नीतियों से ग्रस्त

🇧🇩Bengali

বাজপাখি

যুদ্ধ বা হার্ড লাইন নীতির নিষ্পত্তি করা

🇮🇳Tamil

பருந்து

போர் அல்லது கடினமான கொள்கைகளுக்கு அப்புறப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

హాకిష్

వార్‌ఫేర్ లేదా హార్డ్-లైన్ విధానాలకు లొంగిపోయారు

🇮🇳Marathi

गर्विष्ठ

युद्ध किंवा कट्टर धोरणांना सामोरे गेले

🇮🇳Gujarati

હોકીશ

યુદ્ધ અથવા સખત નીતિઓનો નિકાલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಿಡುಗ

ಯುದ್ಧ ಅಥವಾ ಕಠಿಣ ನೀತಿಗಳಿಗೆ ವಿಲೇವಾರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പരുന്ത്

യുദ്ധത്തിലേക്കോ കഠിനമായ നയങ്ങളിലേക്കോ നീങ്ങുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਾਜ਼

ਯੁੱਧ ਜਾਂ ਸਖ਼ਤ-ਲਾਈਨ ਨੀਤੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਨਿਪਟਾਰਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہاکی

جنگی یا سخت گیر پالیسیوں سے نمٹا گیا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

鹰派的

倾向于战争或强硬政策

🇯🇵Japanese

タカ派の

戦争や強硬政策に傾倒する

🇰🇷Korean

매파적인

전쟁이나 강경 정책을 선호함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

diều hâu

sẵn sàng tham gia chiến tranh hoặc các chính sách cứng rắn

🇹🇭Thai

เหยี่ยว

มุ่งสู่การทำสงครามหรือนโยบายสายแข็ง

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الصقور

يميلون إلى الحرب أو السياسات المتشددة

🇮🇷Persian

شاهین

متمایل به جنگ یا سیاست های تندرو

🇹🇷Turkish

şahin

savaşa veya katı politikalara yatkın

🇮🇱Hebrew

ניצי

נוטה ללוחמה או למדיניות קשוחה

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