Definitions of belligerent [əˈlɪdʒ ər ənt]

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Definition of 'belligerent'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) belligerent
waging war; engaged in warfare.

2. belligerent
showing readiness to fight; aggressively hostile; truculent:
a belligerent tone.

3. (n.) belligerent
a state or nation at war.

4. belligerent
a person engaged in fighting.

Etymology: (1570–80; < L belliger waging war)

Definition of 'belligerent'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
someone who fights (or is fighting)

2. (adj) aggressive, belligerent
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
"aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

3. (adj) belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring
engaged in war
"belligerent (or warring) nations"

Definition of 'belligerent'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) belligerent
a nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare

2. belligerent
waging war; carrying on war

3. belligerent
pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights

Translation of 'belligerent'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: unfriendly; hostile a belligerent stare; She is very belligerent and quarrelsome.
Afrikaans: strydlustig	Arabic: معادِ، في حالَةِ حَرْب	Bulgarian: войнствен
Brazilian: agressivo	Czech: hašteřivý, útočný	German: streitlustig
Danish: aggressiv; krigerisk	Greek: εχθρικός, επιθετικός	Spanish: enemigo; agresivo
Estonian: riiakas	Farsi: خصم آمیز؛ دشمنانه	Finnish: vihamielinen
French: agressif	Hebrew: תָּקְפַּנִי @@@תוֹקפַּנִי	Hindi: लड़ाकू
Croatian: neprijateljski nastrojen	Hungarian: ellenséges(kedő)	Indonesian: penuh kebencian, suka ber
Icelandic: ófriðsamur, deilugjarn	Italian: belligerante	Japanese: けんか腰の
Korean: 적대적인	Lithuanian: piktas, agresyvus, prieši	Latvian: kareivīgs; agresīvs
Malay: menunjukkan hendak berkel	Dutch: agressief	Norwegian: krigersk, stridbar
Polish: wrogi	Persian: خصم آمیز؛ دشمنانه	Pashto: دجنګ په حال كې، دجګړې په
Portuguese: agressivo	Romanian: agresiv	Russian: агрессивный
Slovak: útočný	Slovenian: napadalen	Serbian: ratoboran
Swedish: fientlig, stridslysten	Thai: เป็นปฏิปักษ์	Turkish: kavgacı
Taiwanese: 挑釁的	Ukrainian: непривітний; сварливий	Urdu: جھگڑالو ، حربی
Vietnamese: không thân thiện	Chinese: 好斗的，挑衅的
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