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UK
/bɪlˈɪdʒɹəns/
]
[ US /bəˈɫɪdʒɝəns/ ]
[ US /bəˈɫɪdʒɝəns/ ]
NOUN
- hostile or warlike attitude or nature
- a natural disposition to be hostile
How To Use belligerence In A Sentence
- A single incident suggests a great deal about Hennepinhis prudery, his belligerence, his sensitivity.
- Skilling's arrogance, belligerence and lack of contriteness under questioning made him a lightning rod for the rage generated after Enron sought bankruptcy protection in 2001.
- But what does get through to him is sabre-rattling - unaesthetic and ugly belligerence.
- His touches are average dark ambient and he palliates what could otherwise be the sound of dread and belligerence.
- The result is either belligerence or isolationism - or both.
- Towards the end, Sam's boisterousness bordered on belligerence.
- Such shows of belligerence in the face of the party's latest crisis are unlikely to win over critics on his own back benches.
- Towards the end, Sam's boisterousness bordered on belligerence.
- The prime minister's belligerence is dangerously irresponsible.
- He could be accused of passion, but never belligerence.