different between assailing vs belligerent

English

Verb

assailing

1. present participle of assail

Anagrams

• aliasings

Middle English

Alternative forms

• a-saylynge, assailinge, asaylyng, assaylyng, assaylinge, assailyng, asayling, saylyng, sailyng, saylyng, sayllyng, seylinge, sayllyng

Etymology

From assailen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?s?i?lin?/, /?s?i?lin?/

Noun

assailing (plural assailynges)

1. A charge or siege laid by an army.
2. The tempting, assault or luring of malign forces.
3. (rare) Insults, harsh words, verbal assault.
4. (rare) Assailing, striking; entering into combat.

References

• “assail(l)ing, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
• “sailing(e, ger.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??l?d?.(?).??nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??l?d?.?.??nt/

Adjective

belligerent (comparative more belligerent, superlative most belligerent)

1. Engaged in warfare, warring.
2. Eager to go to war, warlike.
3. Of or pertaining to war.
4. (by extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
5. Acting violently towards others.
6. Uncooperative.

Synonyms

• (eager to fight): aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent

Derived terms

• belligerently
• cobelligerent
• nonbelligerent

Related terms

• bellicose
• belligerence
• belligerency

Translations

Noun

belligerent (plural belligerents)

1. A state or other armed participant in warfare

Translations

See also

• warmonger

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French belligérant, from Latin belliger?ns (“waging war”), present active participle of belliger? (“wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from ger? (“wage, carry on”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.li.???r?nt/
• Hyphenation: bel?li?ge?rent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

belligerent (comparative belligerenter, superlative belligerentst)

1. belligerent, engaged in warfare

Inflection

Synonyms

• oorlogvoerend

Noun

belligerent m (plural belligerenten)

1. A belligerent, armed party in warfare

Latin

Verb

belligerent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of belliger?