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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1. Nobuhiko Kuramochi:

   Investors were relieved that there is no imminent tightening in Europe, the day after they were spooked by the U.S. Federal Reserve's hawkish stance.

2. Gero Jung:

   Going forward, the monetary policy message is on the hawkish side, for SNB economists, the Swiss franc is not over-valued anymore ; second, inflation is expected to be above the limit that is associated with price stability in Switzerland.

3. 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.

4. Brian Dolan:

   The Fed did the right thing. There's no need to rock the boat right now. Again the disconcerting element is the downgrade to the interest rate trajectory, which could provide solace to investor sentiment overall, given the global headwinds, the last thing we need right now was a hike in rates and any kind of hawkish projections.

5. Chris Gaffney:

   We're seeing a generally hawkish tone out of the Fed.