- belligerent⇄adj. 1. fond of fighting; tending or inclined to war; warlike.
Ex. Some young boys are very belligerent when they first find the use of their fists. (Figurative.) The defiant child spoke in a most belligerent voice.
(SYN) hostile, pugnacious - belligerent⇄adv. belligerently.
- belligerent⇄belligerent, adjective, noun.
- belligerent⇄noun 1. a nation, state, or its citizens at war.
Ex. France and Germany were belligerents in World War II. Command of the air, which was formerly the result of a slow attrition of one of the belligerents, can no longer be won according to the stand