belligerence
noun[U]
uk/bəˈlɪdʒ.ər.əns/us/bəˈlɪdʒ.ɚ.əns/(alsobelligerency,uk/bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.rən.si/us/bəˈlɪdʒ.ɚ.ən.si/)disapproving
thewishtofightorargue:
好斗的态度I can'tstandhis belligerence.我受不了他那好斗的态度。
She said, with atraceof belligerence, "I'mafraidyou'll bewastingyourtimewith me".她带着一丝挑衅的口气说:“恐怕你是在我身上浪费时间。”
formal
theactofstartingorfightingawar:
好战;参战Aspikeinglobaloilpricescould becausedby one country's belligerence.一国的好战行为可能导致全球油价飙升。
- Battlingfamiliesoften takepridein the belligerence oftheiryouths.
- He is ablowhardwhose belligerencemaskspersonalpain.
- When belligerence andhostilitybecomethefavoriteformofpoliticalentertainment, no good can come of it.
- Terrorism is a new andunprecedentedformof belligerence, a newformofwar.
Not being friendly
- abrasive
- abrasively
- abrasiveness
- abruptly
- abruptness
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- coolness
- estrange
- estranged
- estrangement
- forbidding
- forbiddingly
- prickly
- sourness
- standoffish
- standoffishly
- standoffishness
- sullen
- surly
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