All 3 Uses of
belligerent
in
White Fang
- A part-grown puppy, somewhat larger and older than he, came toward him slowly, with ostentatious and belligerent importance.
Part 3 *belligerent = hostile (as though eager to fight)
- The gods were all-powerful, and a dog was no match against them; yet White Fang learned to face them, fiercely belligerent and unafraid.†
Part 3
- He aroused in them their instinctive fear of the Wild, and they greeted him always with snarl and growl and belligerent hatred.†
Part 5
Definition:
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(belligerent) hostile (the attitude of one eager to fight); or one already engaged in a fight or war