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Synonyms for belligerent
bəˈlɪdʒ ər əntbel·li·ger·ent
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Wiktionary
belligerentadjective
(By extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
Synonyms:
aggressive, contentious, combative, antagonistic, quarrelsome, pugnacious, bellicose, truculent
English Synonyms and Antonyms
belligerent
Synonyms:
adverse, alienated, antagonistic, bellicose, cold, contentious, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unfriendly, unkind, warlikeAntonyms:
accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposed
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
belligerent
Synonyms:
contending, engaging, fighting, opposed, adverse, rival, conflicting, antagonist, assailant, hostileAntonyms:
neutral, pacific, peaceful, nonbelligerent, appeased, reconciled
Princeton's WordNet
combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapperadjective
someone who fights (or is fighting)
Synonyms:
fighter aircraft, combatant, attack aircraft, paladin, champion, fighter, battler, scrapper, heroaggressive, belligerentadjective
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
"aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"
Synonyms:
fast-growing(a), militant, strong-growing, aggressive, war-ridden, warringbelligerent, militant, war-ridden, warringadjective
engaged in war
"belligerent (or warring) nations"
Synonyms:
aggressive, warlike, warring, competitive, hawkish, war-ridden, militant
Dictionary of English Synonymes
belligerentadjective
Synonyms:
carrying on war, engaged in war, waging warbelligerentadjective
Synonyms:
of belligerentsbelligerentadjective
belligerentnoun
Synonyms:
belligerent state or nation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
belligerentadjective
Synonyms:
at war, warring, militant, bellicose, pugnacious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "belligerent":
warring, belligerence, bellicose, belligerency, warlike, hostile, militant, aggressive
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1986 | cold | |
#3041 | competitive | |
#3676 | fighting | |
#4708 | champion | |
#5294 | hero | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#6114 | opposed | |
#7750 | aggressive | |
#8203 | fighter | |
#9085 | distant | |
#9496 | engaging | |
#11080 | rival | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#15258 | conflicting | |
#20046 | militant | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#24332 | paladin | |
#27459 | antagonist | |
#27806 | contentious | |
#36720 | alienated | |
#40140 | unfriendly | |
#41043 | combatant | |
#42968 | contending | |
#43129 | warring | |
#45446 | estranged | |
#49221 | antagonistic | |
#52117 | frigid | |
#55147 | belligerent | |
#59377 | assailant | |
#60499 | unkind | |
#64070 | disaffected | |
#66269 | warlike | |
#69269 | combative | |
#84695 | scrapper | |
#88971 | inimical | |
#97072 | hawkish | |
#115380 | bellicose | |
#117201 | battler | |
#133494 | pugnacious | |
#134536 | belligerence | |
#136732 | quarrelsome | |
#205995 | truculent | |
#280220 | belligerency |
How to use belligerent in a sentence?
A lot of the people that we work with are wanting to get jobs, wanting to get housing, wanting to move out of homelessness, so then you have this other group that's kind of even belligerent and certainly not engaging and sometimes just very disrespectful. They don't care.
Since then, he has lied publicly over and over again in an attempt to walk back his original admission. Realizing his admission was insufficient to quell the public’s growing calls for accountability, he has since resorted to belligerent lies and a Trumpian refusal to stick to a single set of facts, he has also demonstrated a jaw-dropping ignorance of the sexual harassment law he signed into effect — without great fanfare — suggesting that his behavior is fine because he never meant to make women feel uncomfortable.
He was very belligerent and aggressive.
It doesn't matter how a parent should come, if we come here belligerent, out of control, things of that nature, that's what you have the police for, but what I wear should never be an issue. I'm not revealing. I'm not doing anything. I don't have any weapons.
Although designated an' alien unprivileged enemy belligerent,' not technically afforded the rights of The US citizens, the complete disregard for the foundational concepts upon which the Constitution was founded is an affront to American values and concepts of justice, mr. Khan was subject to physical and psychological abuse well beyond approved enhanced interrogation techniques, instead being closer to torture performed by the most abusive regimes in modern history.
Translations for belligerent
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- محاربArabic
- военен, воюваща страна, войнствен, воюващBulgarian
- krigsførendeDanish
- Kriegsteilnehmer, streitlustigGerman
- beligerante, bélico, belicosoSpanish
- sotaisa, sotaakäyvä, riitaisa, riidanhaluinen, väkivaltainen, hyökkäävä, sotaintoinenFinnish
- belligérantFrench
- herskár, deiluaðili, deilugjarn, ófriðsamur, styrjaldaraðiliIcelandic
- bellicoso, bellico, belligeranteItalian
- 好戦的Japanese
- bellicusLatin
- kaitaua, kaikiri, toheririMāori
- oorlogszuchtig, belligerent, strijdlustig, partij, vijandig, krijgs-, oorlogvoerend, oorlogDutch
- krigersk, stridslystenNorwegian
- strona konfliktu, wojenny, napastliwy, walczący, wojowniczyPolish
- beligerantes, belicoso, bélico, beligerantePortuguese
- враждующий, воюющая сторона, воюющий, воинственный, военный, участник конфликта, враждебныйRussian
- krigförande, krigslysten, stridslystenSwedish
- گھنٹیUrdu
- 交戰的Chinese
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