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belligerentbel‧lig‧er‧ent /bəˈlɪdʒərənt/ adjective   belligerentOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin present participle of belligerare ‘to fight a war’, from bellum ( ➔ BELLICOSE) + gerere ‘to carry on’ - Harris is a belligerent man with an explosive temper.
- The police said that George was drunk and belligerent.
- When police officers questioned him, he became belligerent and tried to hit one of them.
- Apparently I became belligerent and he stepped in front of her.
- She looked like a tank in her bathing costume, Hoomey thought, squat and powerful and belligerent.
- Some conversations of couples, whether affectionate or belligerent, have scant informational content.
- Then the sections of the Second International had divided up between the different belligerent powers.
- They gave my new acquaintance a somewhat belligerent aspect, you may be sure!
- They were belligerent, they were bellicose, they were snotty, they were downright rude.
- When he questioned her about her seriousness, he said she became belligerent.
behaving in a way that is likely to start a fight► aggressive behaving in an angry and threatening way that is likely to start a fight: · The men were drunk and aggressive.· Some breeds of dog, such as German shepherds, were bred to be aggressive. ► belligerent formal wanting to fight or argue, especially in order to prove that you are right, the best, the most important etc: · When police officers questioned him, he became belligerent and tried to hit one of them.· Harris is a belligerent man with an explosive temper. 1very unfriendly and wanting to argue or fight SYN aggressive:  a belligerent attitude2[only before noun] formal a belligerent country is fighting a war against another country—belligerence, belligerency noun [uncountable] |