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The word belligerent can have the synonyms hostile, angry, or aggressive.

Others are ornery, quarrelsome, pugnacious, cantankerous, contentious, or bellicose.

Referring to factions or countries, synonyms might be warring, warlike, militant, warmongering, hawkish, jingoistic, or martial.

*The noun form does not imply aggression, only that two sides are fighting. So a belligerent would not be the same as an aggressor. Noun synonyms might be antagonist or combatant.

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