warlike Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
    militant; hawkish.
    • militant nations
    • hawkish congressman
    • warlike policies
  2. adjective satellite suggesting war or military life
    martial.

WordNet

War"like` adjective
Definitions
  1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.
    Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. Shak.
  2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.
    The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased. Milton.
    Syn. -- Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial.

Webster 1913