Warlike

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Warlike \War"like`\, a.
     1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a
        warlike disposition.
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              Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. --Shak.


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     2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.
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              The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased.
                                                    --Milton.
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     Syn: Martial; hostile; soldierly. See {Martial}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  warlike
       adj 1: inclined to make war [syn: {unpacific}]
       2: suggesting war or military life [syn: {martial}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "warlike":
     aggressive, antagonistic, battling, bellicose, belligerent,
     bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, chauvinist, chauvinistic,
     combative, contending, contentious, contestant, contesting,
     disputant, enemy, ferocious, fierce, fighting, full of fight,
     hawkish, hostile, inimical, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic,
     martial, militant, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious,
     quarrelsome, saber-rattling, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage,
     scrappy, soldierlike, soldierly, striving, struggling,
     trigger-happy, truculent, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable,
     unpeaceful, warmongering, warring