belligerent

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt/
See all 4 pronunciations
/bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt/ · [bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt] ~ [bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹn̩t] · /bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɚ.ənt/ · [bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɚ.ənt] ~ [bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɹ̩.n̩t]

Definition of belligerent

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Engaged in warfare, warring.
See all 7 definitions

adj

  1. Engaged in warfare, warring.
  2. Eager to go to war, warlike.
  3. Of or pertaining to war.
  4. (broadly)Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
    “And I think the facts are that Beijing is a belligerent bully jealous and envious of what Taiwan has accomplished- mainland China- that's what I get out of all of this.”
    “England were not allowed to give their chariot the momentum it had a week ago. It was stopped dead in its tracks by a belligerent Springboks defence that simply refused to yield.”
  5. Acting violently towards others.
  6. Uncooperative.

noun

  1. A state or other armed participant in warfare
    “The UN sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“to wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“to lead, wage, carry on”)).

Words you can make from belligerent

200+ playable · top: GREENBELT (12 pts)

Best play greenbelt 12 points

9-letter words

2 words

8-letter words

10 words

7-letter words

25 words

6-letter words

51 words

5-letter words

73 words

4-letter words

38 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to belligerent to make another valid word.

Find your best play with belligerent

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes belligerent, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.