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belligerent

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I doubt Woz would sound so belligerent now.

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Quick take

someone who fights (or is fighting)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of belligerent gathered in one view.

noun

someone who fights (or is fighting)

adjective

characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

adjective

engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for belligerent.

adjective

characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

See also: aggressive

Example sentences

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I doubt Woz would sound so belligerent now.

2

I don't think it's belligerent or simply compressed.

3

If a suspect is belligerent, the presence of a camera would help to prove that.

4

So you gently escort them out and if they become too belligerent then you have the police handle it.

5

The chatter then was likely as belligerent as Twitter is today.

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On reddit he would get belligerent to the point of being verbally abusive.

7

" I know this is a belligerent, but his is a big issue, so don't forget to pull out the rhetorical stops.

8

What she actually got arrested for being belligerent to the agents.

9

My guess would be that the author was being a smart ass, and given the drinking more belligerent than he recalls in retrospect.

10

If you look at the way NSA's been operating over the last little while a sensible answer seems to be a belligerent "Why not".

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What exactly was so belligerent about Woz's response?It seemed like a straight-forward, facts-only response to me.

12

I don't see why you read this as belligerent, unless you think altering and changing designs is inferior to coding and original design.

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I fully appreciate your intention to moderate the belligerent tone with reason and a Kantian admiration for applying the law as it is.

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In the process of discovery the company was openly belligerent about their plan and willingness to continue to pose a public safety risk.

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I was angry at how belligerent the Bush administration was getting, given that the publicly available evidence did not corroborate their claims that we might wake up to a "mushroom cloud".

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Writing this post was probably 10x more helpful to BetaPunch than anything else I could have done, although they seem so belligerent and willfully ignorant of their mistake that I am not sure it will have any impact.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use belligerent in a sentence?

I doubt Woz would sound so belligerent now.

What does belligerent mean?

someone who fights (or is fighting)

What part of speech is belligerent?

belligerent is commonly used as noun, adjective.