Pugnacious; †warlike.

That fights, able and ready to fight, bearing arms, militant, warlike. of persons, their attributes, etc.

? Cruel, ? hostile.

Fierce, warlike. Obsolete.

Skilled in war, martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant. = warlike, adj. 1.

Inclined to war or fighting; warlike.

Of a person, nation, etc.: Naturally disposed to warfare or fighting; skilled in war, martial; courageous in war, valiant; fond of war, bellicose.

= bellicose, adj.

Warlike.

Tending to overthrow or reduce by war. (In quot. 1651 ‘(mutually) destructive’.)

Pertaining to or in the style of Tyrtæus, a Greek poet of the 7th century b.c., who composed martial songs for the Spartans; martial, warlike.

Belligerent, warlike.