aggressive and unfriendly 好斗的；寻衅的；挑衅的 a belligerent attitude 寻衅的态度 He is always very belligerent towards me. 他对我总是非常好斗。
- [only before noun] (formal)
(of a country 国家 fighting a war 参战的；交战的 the belligerent countries/states/nations 交战各国
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin belligerant- ‘waging war’, from the verb belligerare, from bellum ‘war’.