Word:
Belligerent
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Angry or agressive: showing a readiness to fight
: fighting a war: engaging in a war
Sentences:
1) He was drunk and belligerent.
2) The coach became quite belligerent and spit at the umpire's face.
Origin:
Modification of Latin belligerant-, belligerans, present participle of belligerare which means 'to rage war'.
First use:
1577
Synonyms:
aggressive, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, warlike, chippy
Antonyms:
non-aggressive, pacific.
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