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belligerence

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of belligerence

an inclination to fight or quarrel

the dominant male wolf was able to withstand the belligerence of younger challengers

Synonyms of belligerence

aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, militancy, militantness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, scrappiness, truculence

Words Related to belligerence

antagonism, fierceness, hostility, hyperaggressiveness, unfriendliness

imperialism, jingoism, militarism

acidity, biliousness, captiousness, crankiness, crossness, disagreeableness, fractiousness, fretfulness, grouchiness, grumpiness, huffiness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, irritableness, orneriness, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, querulousness, rudeness, surliness, testiness, waspishness

Phrases Synonymous with belligerence

chip on one's shoulder

Near Antonyms of belligerence

antiaggression, anti-imperialism, antimilitarism

affability, amiability, amicability, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability

gentleness, kindliness, mildness

amenability, complaisance, placability

Antonyms of belligerence

nonaggression, pacifism

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