belligerence

🇺🇸 /bəˈlɪdʒərəns/ 🇬🇧 /bəˈlɪdʒərəns/
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noun
R

Being hostile and wanting to fight or argue.

His drunken belligerence made everyone uncomfortable.

R

The act of going to war or being involved in a war.

The country's threats of belligerence worried its neighbors.

translation

n. Being hostile and wanting to fight or argue.; The act of going to war or being involved in a war.

Word Forms

Plural belligerences