warlike

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈwɔɹlaɪk/
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/ˈwɔɹlaɪk/ · /ˈwɔːlaɪk/

Definition of warlike

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Hostile and belligerent.
    ““I see a somewhat warlike atmosphere. Silence can say many things,” a driver from eastern Caracas told CNN, asking not to be identified for security reasons.”
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adj

  1. Hostile and belligerent.
    ““I see a somewhat warlike atmosphere. Silence can say many things,” a driver from eastern Caracas told CNN, asking not to be identified for security reasons.”
  2. Martial, bellicose or militaristic.
    “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.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

From war + -like. Compare the older warly.

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