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warful

warful adjective: indicative of war; warlike.

Adjective

warful (comparative more warful, superlative most warful)

  1. Indicative of war; warlike.
    • Hence the long Train of never-ending Jars / Of warful Peaces, and of peaceful Wars, […]1733, Paul Whitehead, The State Dunces
    • Sabotage being itself a warful act and carrying its own penalty, would not excuse the original unwarful act nor any subsequent unwarful acts of counter-retaliation.1943, Linus R. Fike, No nation alone: a plan for organized peace, page 56

Forms of warful

comparativemore warful
superlativemost warful

Origin of warful

From war + -ful.

Words formed from warful

Questions about warful

What does warful mean?
Warful means indicative of war; warlike.
What part of speech is warful?
Warful is an adjective.

Words near warful in the dictionary

  1. Warframers
  2. warfreak
  3. warfront
  4. warfronts
  5. Warfs
  6. warful
  7. warfully
  8. warg
  9. Warga
  10. wargame
  11. wargamed

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