belligerent

[US]/bəˈlɪdʒərənt/
[UK]/bəˈlɪdʒərənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. engagerad i krig; krigisk; provocerande krig; engagerad i krigföring; provokatör.
Word Forms

Example Sentences

He had a belligerent aspect.

Han hade ett utmanande utseende.

a belligerent fighter

en utmanande fighter

he had an authoritarian and at times belligerent manner.

han hade ett auktoritärt och ibland aggressivt sätt.

pugnacity, belligerent, bellicose, truculence, jingoist, nihilist, chauvinist.

pugnacity, belligerent, bellicose, truculence, jingoist, nihilist, chauvinist.

A belligerent reporter badgered the President for the facts).

En aggressiv reporter tvingade presidenten att ge fakta.

tried to arrange a truce between the belligerent nations), or it may refer to a tendency to hostile behavior (

försökte ordna en vapenvila mellan de utmanande nationerna), eller så kan det syfta på en tendens till fientligt beteende (

The boys found it hard to get along with Tom, because he always said some very belligerent things.

Det var svårt för pojkarna att komma överens med Tom, eftersom han alltid sa några mycket utmanande saker.

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