different between belligerent vs unfriendly

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f??n(d)li/

Etymology 1

From Middle English unfrendly, unfrendli, unfrendely, from Old English *unfr?ondl?? (suggested by derivative unfr?ondl??e (“in an unfriendly manner; unfriendly”, adverb)), equivalent to un- +? friendly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunfrüntelk, uunfjuntelk (“unfriendly”), West Frisian ûnfreonlik (“unfriendly”), Dutch onvriendelijk (“unfriendly”), German Low German unfrünnelk (“unfriendly”), German unfreundlich (“unfriendly”), Faroese ófryntligur (“unfriendly”), Icelandic ófrýnilegur (“ugly; disturbing”).

Adjective

unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)

1. Not friendly; hostile; mean.
2. Unfavourable.

Antonyms

• friendly

Derived terms

• user-unfriendly

Related terms

• unfriend

Translations

Noun

unfriendly (plural unfriendlies)

1. An enemy.
   • 2005, Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)

     Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.

   • 2008, Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)

     You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).

Etymology 2

From Middle English unfrendli, from Old English unfr?ondl??e (“in an unfriendly manner”), equivalent to unfriend +? -ly.

Adverb

unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)

1. in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend