warlike
English
Etymology
From war + -like. Compare the older warly.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹlaɪk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːlaɪk/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
warlike (comparative more warlike, superlative most warlike)
- Hostile and belligerent.
- Martial, bellicose or militaristic.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
- Doubt not my Lord and gratious Soueraigne,
But Tamburlaine, and that Tartarian rout,
Shall either periſh by our warlike hands,
Or plead for mercie at your highneſſe feet.
- 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
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Antonyms
- nonwarlike
- peaceful
Translations
belligerent
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bellicose
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