Belligerent

Adjective

 * 1) Engaged in warfare, warring.
 * 2) Eager to go to war, warlike.
 * 3) Of or pertaining to war.
 * 4) (By extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
 * 5) Acting violently towards others.

Noun

 * 1) A state or other armed participant in warfare

Adverbs for Belligerent
naturally; habitually; inherently; incorrigibly; lamentably; incurably; racially; inveterately; intrinsically; fanatically; customarily; admittedly; contentiously; wrangingly; quarrelsomely; malevolently; cruelly; cold-heartedly; irreconcilably; disturbingly; riotously; aggressively; irretrievably; hopelessly

Thesaurus
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, 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,

Synonyms

 * aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent

Derived terms

 * belligerently

Related terms

 * bellicose
 * belligerence
 * belligerency