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Another word for belligerent

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belligerent

modif.

warlike, pugnacious, hostile, quarrelsome, contentious, bellicose, warring, militant, martial, warmongering, hawkish, combative, truculent, antagonistic, aggressive, full of fight*; see also aggressive 2, quarrelsome 1.

belligerent implies engagement in war or fighting or in actions that are likely to provoke fighting belligerent nations; bellicose implies a warlike or hostile nature, suggesting a readiness to fight a bellicose mood; pugnacious and quarrelsome both connote aggressiveness and a willingness to initiate a fight, but quarrelsome more often suggests pettiness and eagerness to fight for little or no reason; contentious suggests an inclination to argue or quarrel, usually with annoying persistence

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Another word for belligerent

adjective

Having or showing an eagerness to fight:
bellicose, combative, contentious, hostile, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike. See attack
Inclined to act in a hostile way:
aggressive, combative, contentious, hostile, militant. See attack, attitude
Of or engaged in warfare:
combatant, hostile, militant. Idiom: at war. See attack

noun

One who engages in a combat or struggle:

combatant, fighter, soldier, warrior. See conflict

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His belligerent attitude toward car driving became the catalyst for this thought provoking drama.
With belligerent occupation, the occupant does not acquire any sovereignty over territory, it merely exercises de facto control.
Belligerent noises are now coming out of the United States.
He's looking for belligerent countries to take action in favor of peace.
By preventing Kim Jong-Il from acquiring nuclear materials before he become even more belligerent, we thought we could prevent war.

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