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hostile (the attitude of one eager to fight); or one already engaged in a fight or war- She spoke to her teacher in a belligerent tone and was sent to the office.
belligerent = hostile or combative
- She likes to make people lose their cool by starting belligerent political arguments.
- Belligerent as a bull terrier, she marched up to him.Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
- He strutted around with a belligerent and tough attitude.Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows
- He maintained a belligerent attitude toward all well-dressed men.Stephen Crane -- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
- the Indians were not belligerent and it was apparent that Gus had merely struck the wrong bunch at the wrong time, in the wrong manner.Larry McMurtry -- Lonesome Dove
- "That's right," said Mitchell Layton belligerently, as if he expected everyone to disagree and was insulting them in advance.Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead
- the man turned a hard, belligerent face to him.Toni Morrison -- The Bluest Eye
- The white brothers looked uncomfortable and some of the Harlem brothers belligerent.Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man
- I tilted my head back and glared at him, embarrassment making me lash out, belligerent.Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
- The rogue commander was getting more and more belligerent, the United States more and more concerned.Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
- Now the woman is turning intellectual, and will insist on a belligerent discussion of politics, and will doubtless order him to abolish slavery in the South at once.Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
- Someone needs to be able to shoot potential belligerents,Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
- Now Lennie retorted belligerently, "He ain't neither. George won't do nothing like that. ... He's nice to me."John Steinbeck -- Of Mice and Men
- The Inspector's tone was belligerent.Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
- "So you say," challenged Orik, ever more belligerent.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- Her expression is unmistakably belligerent.Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants
- "A fella got to eat," he began; and then, belligerently, "A fella got a right to eat."John Steinbeck -- The Grapes of Wrath
- "What're you trying to do," the white man asked belligerently, "kill this man's sale?"John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me
- The littlest dragon followed us to the cave, not belligerently (although I don't trust anything with teeth that size)Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
belligerent = hostile or combative
belligerent = hostile (with the attitude of one eager to fight)
belligerent = hostile (as though eager to fight)
belligerent = hostile (eager to fight)
belligerent = hostile (eager to fight)
belligerently = with an attitude of one eager to fight
belligerent = hostile (showing the attitude of one eager to fight)
belligerent = hostile (eager to fight)
belligerent = hostile (with the attitude of one eager to fight)
belligerent = hostile (with of the attitude of one eager to fight)
belligerent = with the attitude of one eager to fight
belligerents = people engaged in a fight or war
belligerently = in a hostile manner
belligerent = hostile (with the attitude of one eager to fight)
belligerent = hostile (with the attitude of one eager to fight)
belligerent = hostile (showing the attitude of one eager to fight)
belligerently = as though ready for a fight
belligerently = with an attitude of one eager to fight
belligerently = with an attitude of one eager to fight