Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 
 having or showing a ready disposition to fight; 
- Example: "bellicose young officers"- Example: "a combative impulse"- Example: "a contentious nature"[syn: battleful, bellicose, combative]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
battleful
    adj 1: having or showing a ready disposition to fight;
           "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a
           contentious nature" [syn: battleful, bellicose,
           combative]