[0623] belligerent

[보카길라잡이]

adj.

1. Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
2. Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.

n.

One that is hostile or aggressive, especially one that is engaged in war.

Synonyms: belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome
These adjectives mean having or showing an eagerness to fight. Belligerent refers to a tendency to hostile behavior: A belligerent reporter badgered the politician. Bellicose and pugnacious suggest a natural disposition to fight: “All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose” (H.L. Mencken). A good litigator needs a pugnacious intellect. Contentious implies chronic argumentativeness: “His style has been described variously as abrasive and contentious, overbearing and pompous” (Victor Merina). Quarrelsome suggests bad temper and a perverse readiness to bicker: “The men gave him much room, for he was notorious as a quarrelsome person when drunk” (Stephen Crane).

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belligerent

adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive]

2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war" [syn: fighting, militant, war-ridden, warring]

n : someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler, fighter, scrapper]

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cf. bellicose

adj : having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature" [syn: battleful, combative, contentious]

adj.

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious. See Synonyms at belligerent.

[마스터현태]

belligerent 1,호전적인 =hostile warlike

[mandoo]

belligerent 호전적인=hostile