Synonyms of belligerency

belligerency

noun

as in aggression

an inclination to fight or quarrel

an inveterate belligerency that needs to be addressed by classes in anger management

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggression
• aggressiveness
• hostility
• defiance
• belligerence
• bellicosity
• fight
• pugnacity
• militancy
• militance
• combativeness
• assaultiveness
• contentiousness
• truculence
• feistiness
• scrappiness
• quarrelsomeness
• disputatiousness
• antagonism
• irritability
• chip on one's shoulder
• imperialism
• fierceness
• unfriendliness
• militarism
• militantness
• jingoism
• irritableness
• petulance
• rudeness
• disagreeableness
• peevishness
• surliness
• fractiousness
• irascibility
• hyperaggressiveness
• testiness
• querulousness
• crossness
• grumpiness
• fretfulness
• crankiness
• orneriness
• biliousness
• grouchiness
• acidity
• pettishness
• captiousness
• waspishness
• huffiness
• irascibleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pacifism
• nonaggression
• benevolence
• friendliness
• cordiality
• sociability
• antimilitarism
• gentleness
• amiability
• affability
• geniality
• pleasantness
• graciousness
• kindliness
• mildness
• complaisance
• anti-imperialism
• amicability
• antiaggression
• amenability
• placability