belligerent
31belligerent — adjective hostile and aggressive. ↘engaged in a war or conflict. noun a nation or person engaged in war or conflict. Derivatives belligerently adverb Origin C16: from L. belligerant , belligerare wage war , from bellum war …
32belligerent — adj 1. militant, martial, warring, warlike, warmongering, jingoistic, unpeaceful; contending, wrestling, battling, grappling, fighting; gladiatorial, pugilistic. 2. aggressive, antagonistic, combative, bellicose. See bellicose (defs.1 4) …
33belligerent — bel·lig·er·ent …
34belligerent — [bəˈlɪdʒərənt] adj very unfriendly and angry Syn: aggressive belligerence noun [U] …
35belligerent — a. making war; n. person or nation engaged in warfare. ♦ belligerence, ♦ belligerency, n …
36belligerent — /balijarant/ In international law, as an adjective, it means engaged in lawful war. As a noun, it designates either of two nations which are actually in a state of war with each other, as well as their allies actively co operating, as… …
37belligerent — /balijarant/ In international law, as an adjective, it means engaged in lawful war. As a noun, it designates either of two nations which are actually in a state of war with each other, as well as their allies actively co operating, as… …
38belligerent — see REBEL …
39belligerent — adj. & n. adj. 1 engaged in war or conflict. 2 given to constant fighting; pugnacious. n. a nation or person engaged in war or conflict. Derivatives: belligerently adv. Etymology: L belligerare wage war f. bellum war + gerere wage …
40belligerent parties — fighting parties, parties involved in combat, enemies, rivals …
