different between belligerent vs stroppy

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?

English

Etymology

From obstropulous, common slang in British Isles for obstreperous, +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??pi/
• Rhymes: -?pi

Adjective

stroppy (comparative stroppier, superlative stroppiest)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.

Derived terms

• stroppily
• stroppiness

See also

• strop (unrelated)

Further reading

• “stroppy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.