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enemylike

enemylike adjective: like, resembling, or characteristic of an enemy; unfriendly; hostile.

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
    • A should then categorize C as “enemy”, and exhibit enemy-like behavior towards C.2009, Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change - Page 57

Forms of enemylike

comparativemore enemylike
superlativemost enemylike
alternative formenemy-like

Origin of enemylike

From enemy + -like.

Questions about enemylike

What does enemylike mean?
Enemylike means like, resembling, or characteristic of an enemy; unfriendly; hostile.
What part of speech is enemylike?
Enemylike is an adjective.

Words near enemylike in the dictionary

  1. enemyhoods
  2. enemying
  3. enemyism
  4. enemyless
  5. enemylessness
  6. enemylike
  7. enemyness
  8. enemyship
  9. enemyslash
  10. EnenKio
  11. eneolithic

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