| NOUN | feeling | belligerence, belligerency | hostile or warlike attitude or nature |
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| attribute | belligerence, aggressiveness, pugnacity | a natural disposition to be hostile |
| Sounds | bahlih'jherahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | Hostile or warlike attitude or nature. | |
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| Synonym | belligerency | |
| Narrower | warpath | Hostile or belligerent mood |
| Broader | hostility, enmity, ill will | The feeling of a hostile person |
| Spanish | beligerancia | |
| Catalan | bel·ligerància | |
| Adjectives | belligerent | characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight |
| Meaning | A natural disposition to be hostile. | |
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| Synonyms | aggressiveness, pugnacity | |
| Narrower | bellicosity, bellicoseness | A natural disposition to fight |
| truculence, truculency | obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness | |
| Broader | disagreeableness | An ill-tempered and offensive disposition |
| Spanish | agresividad, pugnacidad | |
| Catalan | agressivitat | |
| Adjectives | belligerent | characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight |
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