1. BELLICOSE orients 'prone to fighting' toward an individual while BELLIGERENT refers to an organized body, a national or political entity - a person is bellicose, a nation is belligerent

2.Allusion, insinuation, innuendo; memorandum, reminder; inkling. 5. imply. HINT, INTIMATE, INSINUATE, suggest denote the conveying of an idea to the mind indirectly or without full or explicit statement. To HINT is to convey an idea covertly or indirectly, but intelligibly: to hint that one would like a certain present; to hint that bits of gossip might be true. To INTIMATE is to give a barely perceptible hint, often with the purpose of influencing action: to intimate that something may be possible. To INSINUATE is to hint artfully, often at what one would not dare to say directly: to insinuate something against someone's reputation. SUGGEST denotes particularly recalling something to the mind or starting a new train of thought by means of association of ideas: The name doesn't suggest anything to me.