'Belligerent' definitions:
Definition of 'belligerent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive, belligerent]
adjective
Engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn: belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring]
noun
Definition of 'Belligerent'
From: GCIDE
- Belligerent \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Belligerent'
From: GCIDE
- Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'belligerent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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