About The Word Belligerent

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Belligerent

Belligerent Meaning & Definition
Belligerent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Belligerent?

[n] someone who fights (or is fighting)
[adj] characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"
[adj] engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Belligerent: aggressive | battler | combatant | fighter | fighting | hostile | militant | scrapper | unpeaceful | war-ridden | warring

Related Terms | Find terms related to Belligerent: acrid | aggressive | antagonist | antagonistic | antipathetic | ardent | argumental | argumentative | attacking | battler | battling | bellicose | belted knight | bickerer | bickering | bitter | blade | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | bravo | brawler | bully | bullyboy | cat-and-dog | cat-and-doggish | caustic | chauvinist | chauvinistic | clashing | colliding | combatant | combative | competitor | conflicting | contender | contentious | contestant | controversial | despiteful | disputant | disputatious | divisive | duelist | enemy | enforcer | eristic | factional | factious | fencer | ferocious | feuder | fierce | fighter | fighting | fighting cock | foilsman | full of fight | full of hate | gamecock | gladiator | goon | gorilla | hatchet man | hateful | hawk | hawkish | hood | hoodlum | hooligan | hostile | hot | inimical | invading | irascible | irritable | jingo | jingoish | jingoist | jingoistic | jouster | knight | litigious | malevolent | malicious | malignant | martial | militant | militaristic | military | offensive | partisan | plug-ugly | polarizing | polemic | pugnacious | quarreler | quarrelsome | rancorous | repugnant | rioter | rival | rough | rowdy | ruffian | saber-rattling | sabreur | sanguinary | sanguineous | savage | scrapper | scrappy | scuffler | set against | shrewish | soldierlike | soldierly | sore | spiteful | squabbler | strong arm | strong-arm man | strong-armer | struggler | swashbuckler | sword | swordplayer | swordsman | tempered | thug | tilter | tough | trigger-happy | truculent | tussler | unfriendly | unpacific | unpeaceable | unpeaceful | venomous | virulent | vitriolic | warlike | warmonger | warmongering | warring | wrangler | wrangling

See Also | boxer | brawler | butter | defender | fencer | gamecock | gladiator | gouger | grappler | hell-kite | hell-rooster | human | individual | master | matman | mauler | mortal | person | pugilist | skirmisher | slasher | somebody | someone | soul | street fighter | superior | swordsman | tough | victor | withstander | wrestler

Belligerent In Webster's Dictionary

\Bel*lig"er*ent\, a. [L. bellum war + gerens, -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F. bellig['e]rant. See {Bellicose}, {Jest}.] 1. Waging war; carrying on war. ``Belligerent powers.'' --E. Everett. 2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
\Bel*lig"er*ent\, n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

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