Warlike — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

suggesting war or military life

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɔːɹlaɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɔːlaɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɔːlaɪk/

2 syllables Say it as /wˈɔːɹlaɪk/.

Examples

militant nations
hawkish congressman
warlike policies

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hawkish militant martial

Parts of Speech

adjective	disposed to warfare or hard-line policies “militant nations”
adjective	suggesting war or military life

Word Forms

hawkishness

noun

any political orientation favoring aggressive policies

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

kriegerisch

zu Kriegsführung oder einer Hardliner-Politik geneigt sind

🇫🇷French

guerrier

disposé à la guerre ou à une politique dure

🇪🇸Spanish

belicoso

dispuestos a la guerra o a políticas de línea dura

🇮🇹Italian

bellicoso

disposti alla guerra o alle politiche intransigenti

🇳🇱Dutch

oorlogszuchtig

geneigd tot oorlogvoering of een hard beleid

🇵🇹Portuguese

guerreiro

disposto à guerra ou políticas de linha dura

🇷🇺Russian

воинственный

склонен к войне или жесткой политике

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जंगी

युद्ध या कठोर नीतियों से ग्रस्त

🇧🇩Bengali

যুদ্ধবাজ

যুদ্ধ বা হার্ড লাইন নীতির নিষ্পত্তি করা

🇮🇳Tamil

போர்க்குணம்

போர் அல்லது கடினமான கொள்கைகளுக்கு அப்புறப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

యుద్ధప్రాతిపదిక

వార్‌ఫేర్ లేదా హార్డ్-లైన్ విధానాలకు లొంగిపోయారు

🇮🇳Marathi

लढाऊ

युद्ध किंवा कट्टर धोरणांना सामोरे गेले

🇮🇳Gujarati

લડાયક

યુદ્ધ અથવા સખત નીતિઓનો નિકાલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಯುದ್ಧೋಚಿತ

ಯುದ್ಧ ಅಥವಾ ಕಠಿಣ ನೀತಿಗಳಿಗೆ ವಿಲೇವಾರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

യുദ്ധസമാനമായ

യുദ്ധത്തിലേക്കോ കഠിനമായ നയങ്ങളിലേക്കോ നീങ്ങുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੰਗੀ

ਯੁੱਧ ਜਾਂ ਸਖ਼ਤ-ਲਾਈਨ ਨੀਤੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਨਿਪਟਾਰਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

جنگجو

جنگی یا سخت گیر پالیسیوں سے نمٹا گیا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

好战

倾向于战争或强硬政策

🇯🇵Japanese

好戦的な

戦争や強硬政策に傾倒する

🇰🇷Korean

호전적인

전쟁이나 강경 정책을 선호함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hiếu chiến

sẵn sàng tham gia chiến tranh hoặc các chính sách cứng rắn

🇹🇭Thai

เหมือนสงคราม

มุ่งสู่การทำสงครามหรือนโยบายสายแข็ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

suka berperang

cenderung berperang atau kebijakan garis keras

🇵🇭Filipino

parang pandigma

disposed sa digmaan o hard-line na mga patakaran

🇲🇾Malay

suka berperang

dilupuskan kepada peperangan atau dasar garis keras

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حربي

يميلون إلى الحرب أو السياسات المتشددة

🇮🇷Persian

جنگجو

متمایل به جنگ یا سیاست های تندرو

🇹🇷Turkish

savaşçı

savaşa veya katı politikalara yatkın

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִלחַמתִי

נוטה ללוחמה או למדיניות קשוחה

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