belligerent

belligerent
    adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;
           "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent
           tone" [syn: {aggressive}, {belligerent}]
    2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn:
       {belligerent}, {militant}, {war-ridden}, {warring}]
    n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: {combatant},
         {battler}, {belligerent}, {fighter}, {scrapper}]
    

Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, n.
   A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person
   engaged in warfare.
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Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, a. [L. bellum war + gerens,
   -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F.
   bellig['e]rant. See {Bellicose}, {Jest}.]
   1. Waging war; carrying on war. "Belligerent powers." --E.
      Everett.
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   2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to
      belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
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148 Moby Thesaurus words for "belligerent":
      acrid, aggressive, antagonist, antagonistic, antipathetic, ardent,
      argumental, argumentative, attacking, battler, battling, bellicose,
      belted knight, bickerer, bickering, bitter, blade, bloodthirsty,
      bloody, bloody-minded, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy,
      cat-and-dog, cat-and-doggish, caustic, chauvinist, chauvinistic,
      clashing, colliding, combatant, combative, competitor, conflicting,
      contender, contentious, contestant, controversial, despiteful,
      disputant, disputatious, divisive, duelist, enemy, enforcer,
      eristic, factional, factious, fencer, ferocious, feuder, fierce,
      fighter, fighting, fighting cock, foilsman, full of fight,
      full of hate, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, hatchet man,
      hateful, hawk, hawkish, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hostile, hot,
      inimical, invading, irascible, irritable, jingo, jingoish,
      jingoist, jingoistic, jouster, knight, litigious, malevolent,
      malicious, malignant, martial, militant, militaristic, military,
      offensive, partisan, plug-ugly, polarizing, polemic, pugnacious,
      quarreler, quarrelsome, rancorous, repugnant, rioter, rival, rough,
      rowdy, ruffian, saber-rattling, sabreur, sanguinary, sanguineous,
      savage, scrapper, scrappy, scuffler, set against, shrewish,
      soldierlike, soldierly, sore, spiteful, squabbler, strong arm,
      strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword,
      swordplayer, swordsman, tempered, thug, tilter, tough,
      trigger-happy, truculent, tussler, unfriendly, unpacific,
      unpeaceable, unpeaceful, venomous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike,
      warmonger, warmongering, warring, wrangler, wrangling