| Main Entry: | belligerent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, argumentative |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, antagonistic, ardent, at loggerheads, battling, bellicose, cantankerous, combative, contentious, fierce, fighting, flip, have a bone to pick, have chip on shoulder, have it in for, hostile, hot, hot-tempered, mean, militant, on the outs, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike |
| Notes: | bellicose orients 'prone to fighting' toward an individual while belligerent refers to an organized body, a national or political entity - a person is bellicose, a nation is belligerent |
Antonyms: |
cooperative, helping, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | pugnacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, brawling, cantankerous, chip on shoulder, choleric, combative, contentious, defiant, disputatious, have a bone to pick, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, itching to fight, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy*, quarrelsome, ready to fight, rebellious, salty, scrappy, self-assertive, truculent, warlike |
Antonyms: |
easy-going, kind, laid-back, nice |
| Main Entry: | scrappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, antagonistic, ardent, at loggerheads, battling, bellicose, cantankerous, combative, contentious, fierce, fighting, flip*, have a bone to pick, have chip on shoulder, have it in for, hostile, hot*, hot-tempered, mean, militant, on the outs, ornery*, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, warlike |