hawkish

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.? Proto-Germanic *habukaz Proto-West Germanic *habuk Old English hafoc Middle English hauk English hawk Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English hawkish From hawk + -ish.

1. Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.
2. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

   “The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion.”

   “This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.”

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

   “The Federal Reserve's recent statement on the slowing of inflation was interpreted as hawkish by the market.”