OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 11017

belligerent

/bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
beligerante
Engaged in warfare, warring.
bélico
Eager to go to war, warlike.
bélico
Of or pertaining to war.
batallaroso (disused) • belicoso
Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
England were not allowed to give their chariot the momentum it had a week ago. It was stopped dead in its tracks by a belligerent Springboks defence that simply refused to yield.