Question

belligerence The belligerence in Turner's voice told them that the warning was a serious threat. bəˈlɪʤərəns

Accepted Answer

Aggressiveness, combativeness. Unlike bellicose and bellicosity, the word belligerence can be used at every level from the personal to the global. The belligerence of Marlon Brando's performances as the violent Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire electrified the country in the 1940s and '50s. At the same time, belligerent speeches by leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States throughout the Cold War were keeping the world on edge. Belligerent is even a noun; the terrible war in the Congo in recent years, for example, has involved seven nations as belligerents.

word	belligerence
definition	Aggressiveness, combativeness.
eg_sentence	The belligerence in Turner's voice told them that the warning was a serious threat.
explanation	Unlike bellicose and bellicosity, the word belligerence can be used at every level from the personal to the global. The belligerence of Marlon Brando's performances as the violent Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire electrified the country in the 1940s and '50s. At the same time, belligerent speeches by leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States throughout the Cold War were keeping the world on edge. Belligerent is even a noun; the terrible war in the Congo in recent years, for example, has involved seven nations as belligerents.
IPA	bəˈlɪʤərəns

Belligerence Belligerent War Aggressiveness Combativeness Turner's Voice Told