warlike

English

Etymology

From war +‎ -like. Compare the older warly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹlaɪk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːlaɪk/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

warlike (comparative more warlike, superlative most warlike)

1. Hostile and belligerent.
2. Martial, bellicose or militaristic.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:

     Doubt not my Lord and gratious Soueraigne,
     But Tamburlaine, and that Tartarian rout,
     Shall either periſh by our warlike hands,
     Or plead for mercie at your highneſſe feet.

   • 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

Antonyms

• nonwarlike
• peaceful

Translations

belligerent

• Belarusian: ваяўні́чы m (vajaŭníčy)
• Bulgarian: войнствен (bg) (vojnstven)
• Catalan: bel·ligerant
• Danish: krigerisk (da)
• Dutch: strijdlustig (nl), oorlogszuchtig (nl)
• Esperanto: militema
• Finnish: sotaisa (fi)
• French: belliqueux (fr)
• German: streitlustig, angriffslustig (de), kampfeslustig (de)
• Greek: φιλοπόλεμος (el) m (filopólemos), πολεμοχαρής (el) m (polemocharís)

  Ancient: πολεμικός (polemikós)

• Irish: fearchonta, gaisciúil, treasach, tachrach (literary), trodach
• Italian: bellicoso (it)
• Latin: bellicōsus (la), bellax
• Macedonian: воинствен (voinstven)
• Maori: kaitaua, kaikiri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krigersk

  Nynorsk: krigersk

• Occitan: belligerant (oc), guerrièr (oc)
• Portuguese: beligerante (pt)
• Russian: вражде́бный (ru) (vraždébnyj)
• Spanish: guerrero (es), beligerante (es)
• Turkish: savaşçıl

bellicose

• Bulgarian: военен (bg) (voenen)
• Catalan: bel·licós
• Dutch: krijgshaftig (nl), strijdlustig (nl)
• Finnish: sotaisa (fi), sotaintoinen
• French: belliqueux (fr)
• German: kriegerisch (de), kämpferisch (de)
• Greek: θούριος (el) m (thoúrios), πολεμικός (el) m (polemikós)

  Ancient: πολεμικός (polemikós)

• Irish: ághmhar, anghlonnach, badhbha, cathach, cathartha, cogúil, draganta, ághdha (literary), ánrata (literary), éaglannach (literary), níothach (literary), trodach

  Old Irish: cathach

• Italian: bellicoso (it)
• Kyrgyz: согушчул (ky) (soguşcul)
• Latin: bellifer, bellax
• Macedonian: воинствен (voinstven)
• Maori: kaitaua, kaikiri
• Occitan: bellicós (oc), querelós, batalhièr
• Portuguese: belicoso (pt) m
• Spanish: belicoso (es)
• Turkish: savaşçıl