Belligerent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.
  • n. One that is hostile or aggressive, especially one that is engaged in war.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Engaged in warfare, warring.
  • adj. Eager to go to war, warlike.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to war.
  • adj. Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
  • adj. Acting violently towards others.
  • n. A state or other armed participant in warfare
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Waging war; carrying on war.
  • adj. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents.
  • n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Warlike; given to waging war; characterized by a tendency to wage or carry on war.
  • Of warlike character; constituting or tending to an infraction of peace: as, a belligerent. tone of debate.
  • Actually engaged in war: as, the belligerent powers.
  • Pertaining to war, or to those engaged in war: as, belligerent rights, etc.
  • n. A nation, power, or state carrying on war; also, a person engaged in fighting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  • n. someone who fights (or is fighting)
  • adj. engaged in war
  • Equivalent
    hostile    unpeaceful   
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    warmonger   
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    unfriendly    hostile    aggressive    defiant    warlike    rebellious    antagonistic    pacific    wary    surly