hawkish



aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, bloody, combative, contentious, enemy, ferocious, fierce, fighting, hostile, inimical, martial,









   investment banker - banker, cashier, money changer, moneylender, teller ,

   glue - accumulate, adherent, adhesive, affix, agglutinate, albumen, amass, articulate, assemble, associate, band, barnacle, batter, bind, bond,

   painful - Herculean, aching, achy, acute, affecting, afflictive, aggravating, agonizing, annoying, arduous, assiduous, atrocious, backbreaking, besetting, biting,

   hoodlum - Mafioso, bad boy, bandit, battler, beast, belligerent, belted knight, berserk, berserker, bickerer, blade, bomber, bravo, brawler, brigand,

   lathe - alembic, anvil, awl, bar, battering ram, bevel, bevel square, bodkin, bradawl, buffer, callipers, cant hook, caulking iron, crowbar, crucible,

   outdated - abandoned, abjured, antiquated, antique, archaic, back-number, behind the times, dated, deserted, discontinued, disused, done with, has-been, not worth saving, obsolescent,

   fretfully - anxiously, impatiently ,

   play for time - filibuster, hang, hang back, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, play, procrastinate, stall, temporize ,

   triptych - abstract, abstraction, account book, address book, album, altarpiece, annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, block print, blotter, calendar, cash-book, catalogue, classified catalogue,

   drop a bomb - bomb, crap out, fan, flop, flummox, fold, strike out, whiff ,