Warlike
adjective
Like or similar to war, or showing a readiness to resort to force or violence.
The neighboring country held a warlike stance.
Often appears as...
- warlike behavior
- warlike stance
adjective
Fit or suited for war or a warrior.
The ancient Romans were a warlike people.
Often appears as...
- warlike people
- warlike nation
Usage tips
Historical
adjective
Like or similar to war, or showing a readiness to resort to force or violence.
The neighboring country held a warlike stance.
Often appears as...
- warlike behavior
- warlike stance
adjective
Fit or suited for war or a warrior.
The ancient Romans were a warlike people.
Often appears as...
- warlike people
- warlike nation
Usage tips
Historical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Conveys aggression or threat, often used in political or military discussions to describe hostile attitudes.
During the debate, the politician accused his opponent of having warlike policies.
Pro Tip 2/3Aggressive Tone
Can suggest a readiness to engage in conflict rather than peaceful or diplomatic approaches.
The general's warlike tone worried the international community.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe intense competition or confrontation in sports or business.
The two teams entered the field with a warlike determination to win.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Conveys aggression or threat, often used in political or military discussions to describe hostile attitudes.
During the debate, the politician accused his opponent of having warlike policies.
Pro Tip 2/3Aggressive Tone
Can suggest a readiness to engage in conflict rather than peaceful or diplomatic approaches.
The general's warlike tone worried the international community.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe intense competition or confrontation in sports or business.
The two teams entered the field with a warlike determination to win.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Conveys aggression or threat, often used in political or military discussions to describe hostile attitudes.
During the debate, the politician accused his opponent of having warlike policies.
Pro Tip 2/3Aggressive Tone
Can suggest a readiness to engage in conflict rather than peaceful or diplomatic approaches.
The general's warlike tone worried the international community.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe intense competition or confrontation in sports or business.
The two teams entered the field with a warlike determination to win.
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Video examples
The Real Amazons PIPE...
raids and hunting and all those activities so it was natural and necessary to teach the boys and girls the same skills the same horse riding hunting fighting skills from day one archaeologists could see that scythian people were warlike many of their burials included lots of
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Our lonely society makes...
I mean, these are very warlike nations -- I bet they weren't getting PTSD like we do. When their warriors came back from fighting the US military or fighting each other, I bet they pretty much just slipped right back into tribal life.
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The Real Amazons PIPE...
raids and hunting and all those activities so it was natural and necessary to teach the boys and girls the same skills the same horse riding hunting fighting skills from day one archaeologists could see that scythian people were warlike many of their burials included lots of
Video examples
Our lonely society makes...
I mean, these are very warlike nations -- I bet they weren't getting PTSD like we do. When their warriors came back from fighting the US military or fighting each other, I bet they pretty much just slipped right back into tribal life.
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Quote examples
Zhang Zhidong
Chinese Politician
We must assent to the will of Heaven above and conform to the wishes of men on earth below, but the government should assert the majesty of its warlike might in order to drive away the hordes of fierce and cruel men. We know that the dispositions of these outer barbarians are as ravenous as those of wolves.
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Freeman A. Hrabowski III
American Educator
Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology.
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Jane Goodall
English Scientist
War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
It is the circuit of the great ruinous deed when the name of the seventh is that of the fifth; when the third, even greater, the warlike stranger will take Paris, nor will Provence save her.
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Peter Stuyvesant
Dutch Public Servant
The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England.
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George Will
Journalist
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
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James Nasmyth
Scottish Inventor
Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy.
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Goldwin Smith
Canadian Historian
The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race.
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Ralph Bunche
American Diplomat
There are no warlike people - just warlike leaders.
Quote examples
Zhang Zhidong
Chinese Politician
We must assent to the will of Heaven above and conform to the wishes of men on earth below, but the government should assert the majesty of its warlike might in order to drive away the hordes of fierce and cruel men. We know that the dispositions of these outer barbarians are as ravenous as those of wolves.
Quote examples
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
American Educator
Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology.
Quote examples
Jane Goodall
English Scientist
War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
It is the circuit of the great ruinous deed when the name of the seventh is that of the fifth; when the third, even greater, the warlike stranger will take Paris, nor will Provence save her.
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Peter Stuyvesant
Dutch Public Servant
The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England.
Quote examples
George Will
Journalist
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!
Quote examples
Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
Quote examples
James Nasmyth
Scottish Inventor
Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy.
Quote examples
Goldwin Smith
Canadian Historian
The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race.
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Ralph Bunche
American Diplomat
There are no warlike people - just warlike leaders.
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