warlike

Speech parts

1. warlike - Adjective

2. warlike - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.

Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

martial hostile militant hawkish fighting aggressive belligerent combative bloodthirsty pugnacious soldierly truculent warring bellicose napoleonic
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Antonyms

peaceful allied content friendly passive protective
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Phrases with the word

warlike inclination more warlike warlike behavior adopt a warlike position adopt a warlike stance warlike nature

Examples

There are no warlike people, just warlike leaders. Ralph Bunche

Under peaceful conditions a warlike man sets upon himself. Friedrich Nietzsche

No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems unlikely that anyone will do so for many years. G. H. Hardy

The institution of a leisure class has emerged gradually during the transition from primitive savagery to barbarism; or more precisely, during the transition from a peaceable to a consistently warlike habit of life. Thorstein Veblen

Sherry...a silly, sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers, and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day. George Borrow

The best soldiers are not warlike. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Warli Warlick warlight warlike attitude warlike behavior warlike inclination