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91 entries under belligerent topic. ×
| being disagreeable(expression, difficult, irritable, turbulent) | |
| browbeating(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh, cross) | |
| brutal(hostile, quarrelsome) | |
| bullying(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh, cross) | |
| caustic(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh, cross) | |
| contumelious(adjective, sharp, cross, hostile) | |
| cowing(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh, cross) | |
| cussed(energetic, hostile, antagonistic, aggressive) | |
| excitable(difficult, irritable, turbulent, argumentative) | |
| fire eating(noun, expression, contrary, contentiousness) | |
| frightening(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh, cross) | |
| impassioned(difficult, irritable, turbulent, argumentative) | |
| inhuman(hostile, quarrelsome) | |
| inhumane(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh, cross) | |
| insolent(hostile, quarrelsome) | |
| invective(adjective, sharp, cross, hostile) | |
| litigiousness(noun, contrary, contentiousness) | |
| mordacious(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh, cross) | |
| mordant(adjective, mean, sharp, harsh, cross) | |
| opprobrious(adjective, sharp, cross, hostile) |
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