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enemy-like

enemy-like is the alternative form of enemylike.

Meaning of enemylike

Adjective

enemylike (comparative more enemylike, superlative most enemylike)

  1. Like, resembling, or characteristic of an enemy; unfriendly; hostile.
    • A friendlike hero or protagonist emerges in the former condition, an enemylike villain or antagonist in the latter.2000, Dolf Zillmann, Peter Vorderer, Media Entertainment: The Psychology of Its Appeal - Page 36

Forms of enemy-like

comparativemore enemy-like
superlativemost enemy-like

Questions about enemy-like

What is enemy-like the alternative form of?
Enemy-like is the alternative form of enemylike.

Words near enemy-like in the dictionary

  1. enemy images
  2. enemy line
  3. enemy lines
  4. enemy of the people
  5. enemy of the state
  6. enemy-like
  7. enemye
  8. enemyes
  9. enemyhood
  10. enemyhoods
  11. enemying

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