Pertaining to or resembling a hawk; rapacious; fierce.

adjective. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

adjective. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.

adjective. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

"Economists noted, though, that the tone of the minutes of the December MPC meeting had turned "hawkish" - suggesting rate rises are now more likely than a second round of quantitative easing."

unpeaceful  

hawkishly  hawkishness  

mawkish  

Corsican  anti-abortion  anti-inflation  anti-intellectual  anti-western