EnglishMain Dictionary
belligerent
Universal Words
adjective, noun
adjective
1 unfriendly and aggressive
SYNHOSTILE:
a belligerent attitude * He is always very belligerent towards me.
2 [onlybeforenoun] (formal) (of a country) fighting a war:
the belligerent countries / states / nations
belligerence noun [U]
belligerently adverb
noun (formal) a country or group that is fighting a war
