Belligerent
Belligerent adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: the coach became quite belligerent and spit at an umpire after being thrown out of the game
Battling is a synonym for belligerent in nasty topic. In some cases you can use "Battling" instead an adjective "Belligerent", when it comes to topics like warring.
Nearby Word: belligerency
Battling
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostile and belligerent
- hostile and battling
- antagonistic and belligerent
- antagonistic and battling
- combat and belligerent
- combat and battling
- truculent and belligerent
- truculent and battling
- quarrelsome and belligerent
- quarrelsome and battling
- aggressive and belligerent
- aggressive and battling
- combatant and belligerent
- combatant and battling
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Battling and Belligerent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/belligerent/battling
Belligerent & Battling. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/belligerent/battling>.
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