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UK
/bɪlˈɪdʒɹəns/
]
[ US /bəˈɫɪdʒɝəns/ ]
[ US /bəˈɫɪdʒɝəns/ ]
NOUN
- hostile or warlike attitude or nature
- a natural disposition to be hostile
How To Use belligerence In A Sentence
- A single incident suggests a great deal about Hennepinhis prudery, his belligerence, his sensitivity.
- Here, however, the contenders were not humans but birds: ordinary village cocks chosen for their natural belligerence.
- And during those twenty-seven years he had lost none of the belligerence that had so endeared him to the old Afrikaner regime. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
- Signs of Reye's syndrome include vomiting, lethargy and behavioral changes, such as belligerence.
- I must not use my temperament as an excuse for immaturity or belligerence.
- The level of triumphalism and belligerence churned out by our columnists has been embarrassing to behold.
- He isn't an ideological pacifist, he just doesn't get the point of aggression and belligerence.
- Her increasing belligerence alienated her from her old friends.
- He looked for signs of disgust, contempt, belligerence and validation. Times, Sunday Times
- He is renowned as much for his belligerence as for his acuity.