warmonger
warmonger · warmongers · warmongered · warmongering
To advocate warTo advocate war.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
UK/ˈwɔː.mʌŋ.ɡə/US/ˈwoɹˌmɑŋ.ɡɚ/
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory)To advocate war.
Examples
7 sentencesWe're not warmongers.
deWir sind keine Kriegstreiber. — Adelpa
The warmongers always kill the peacemakers.
Kallas is a russophobic warmonger.
Warmongers must fuck off.
The European Left is a club of warmongers.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From war + monger.From war + monger.
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Forms
warmongers, warmongering, warmongered, warmongered| Base form | warmonger · to warmonger |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | warmongers |
| Present participle | warmongering |
| Past simple | warmongered |
| Past participle | warmongered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.