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/wˈɔrlˌaɪk/ Listen

adjective

Warlike adj.

Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition. "Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men."

Belonging or relating to war; military; martial. "The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased."

Synonyms: Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial.

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Etymology of 'Warlike'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... next morning Yaroslav cried out with a loud voice; and when Prince Daniil the White heard the shout, he ordered the trumpets to sound and the drums to beat. Then the Murses and Tartars flocked around him, and divers warlike peoples, and Prince Daniil the White rode with them all out ...

— The Russian Garland - being Russian Falk Tales • Various

... huts had no doorways, they went up to them, and found them to be solid mounds, at the foot of which neatly plaited baskets, filled with ears of maize, were placed. These were eagerly seized upon; and a further search being made, several warlike and agricultural implements were discovered buried beneath the surface of the earth. It was evident that these mounds were native graves, and that they had recently been visited by the tribe to which they belonged, who most probably resided in the neighborhood. Therefore, ...

— The Pilgrims of New England - A Tale Of The Early American Settlers • Mrs. J. B. Webb

... as he. 'I could almost beg you to do otherwise,' I said. 'I was a brute to come to you, a brute and a coward. You are a noble enemy; you will make a noble soldier.' And with rather a happy idea of a compliment for this warlike youth, I stood up straight ...

— St Ives • Robert Louis Stevenson

... fearful developments of the Slave Power, and its continued aggressions on the rights of the people of the North, in my judgment a sad change has come over the spirit of anti-slavery men, generally speaking. We are growing more and more warlike, more and more disposed to repudiate the principles of peace.... Just in proportion as this spirit prevails, I feel that our moral power is departing and will depart.... I will not trust the war-spirit anywhere in the universe of God, because the experience of six thousand ...

— Introduction to Non-Violence • Theodore Paullin

... again, and even to wish for some great occasion to show himself in his new character of "hero." He walked about in rather a blustering manner just now, with his straw hat very much on one side, and brandished a stick the gardener had cut for him in an obtrusively warlike fashion. As he was a small thin boy, these airs looked all the more ridiculous, and his sister Nancy was secretly much provoked by them; however, she said nothing until one evening when Pennie was telling ...

— The Hawthorns - A Story about Children • Amy Walton

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