Synonyms for hawkish
ˈhɔ kɪʃhawk·ish

Princeton's WordNet

1. militant, hawkish, warlikeadjective

   disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

   "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"

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1. List of paraphrases for "hawkish":

   hardline, hard-line, warmongering

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How to use hawkish in a sentence?

1. Douglas Borthwick:

   The Fed's talking a little bit more hawkish; the ECB's talking a little more dovish.

2. Richard Scalone:

   It's the combination of a market that overextended in the opposite direction because of Draghi's 'no more rate cut' comment and just some corrective natural price action into the risk of (a Fed meeting) that could be a little bit more hawkish.

3. Michael Briggs:

   She comes off as more hawkish on some of her foreign policy ideas, he is going to point out those differences very clearly.

4. Pierre Bose:

   For the moment we've seen the headwind peak and that may stabilize this quarter, we've already seen a very significant amount of the euro's appreciation take effect on earnings so at this point in time what matters most is just how much more hawkish people become on the ECB.

5. Trita Parsi:

   Some of the buffers around President Donald Trump that kept President Donald Trump from going to an extreme hawkish position are now gone.