adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Harris is a belligerent man with an explosive temper.
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The police said that George was drunk and belligerent .
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When police officers questioned him, he became belligerent and tried to hit one of them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apparently I became belligerent and he stepped in front of her.
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She looked like a tank in her bathing costume, Hoomey thought, squat and powerful and belligerent .
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Some conversations of couples, whether affectionate or belligerent , have scant informational content.
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Then the sections of the Second International had divided up between the different belligerent powers.
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They gave my new acquaintance a somewhat belligerent aspect, you may be sure!
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They were belligerent , they were bellicose, they were snotty, they were downright rude.
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When he questioned her about her seriousness, he said she became belligerent .