- 1unfriendly and aggressive synonym hostile a belligerent attitude He is always very belligerent toward me.
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- 2[only before noun] (formal) (of a country) fighting a war the belligerent countries/states/nations
NAmE//bəˈlɪdʒərəns//
noun [uncountable] adverbSee belligerent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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