Home › Words › B › bellicosenessbellicosenessbellicoseness means the state or quality of being bellicose; bellicosity.EtymologyFrom bellicose + -ness.nounThe state or quality of being bellicose; bellicosityDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bellicosity 85% match — The characteristic of being bellicose. vs bellicoseness →belligerence 74% match — The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war or violence. vs bellicoseness →bellicism 73% match — An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour. vs bellicoseness →bellic 73% match — warlike; bellicose vs bellicoseness →warlikeness 72% match — The quality of being warlike; bellicosity. vs bellicoseness →bellicose 72% match — Warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile. vs bellicoseness →bellicostic 69% match — Aggressive, belligerent, warlike. vs bellicoseness →bellicosely 69% match — In a bellicose manner vs bellicoseness →