warlike
Hostile and belligerentHostile and belligerent.
» Under peaceful conditions, the warlike man attacks himself.
Meaning
2 sensesHostile and belligerent.
streitlustig, angriffslustig, kampfeslustig
вражде́бныйvraždébnyj
Martial, bellicose or militaristic.
kriegerisch, kämpferisch
- suggesting war or military life
- disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
Examples
5 sentencesUnder peaceful conditions, the warlike man attacks himself.
A warlike people, or one that likes warlike rulers, is probably mentally unwell.
The idealism of American bourgeois philosophers is aggressive and warlike.
King Dodon, a lazy and gluttonous ruler, is greatly worried by his warlike neighbors.
O'erwhelmed with odds, we perish; first of all, / struck down by fierce Peneleus by the fane / of warlike Pallas, doth Coroebus fall.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From war + -like. Compare the older warly.From war + -like. Compare the older warly.
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Forms
more warlike, most warlike| Comparative | more warlike Lesson |
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| Superlative | most warlike Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form