Antonyms for warpath


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wawr-path, -pahth
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔrˌpæθ, -ˌpɑθ


Definition of warpath

Origin :
  • 1775, in reference to North American Indians, from war (n.) + path (n.).
  • As in militance : noun belligerence
  • As in militancy : noun belligerence
  • As in pugnaciousness : noun belligerence
  • As in pugnacity : noun belligerence
  • As in truculence : noun belligerence
  • As in truculency : noun belligerence
  • As in hostility : noun antagonism, meanness
Example sentences :
  • I couldn't be easy a minute, with old Hagar on the warpath the way she is.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Through this section the Indian warpath into the heart of Kentucky passed.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 » by Various
  • They liked to follow the warpath rather than the hunting trails.
  • Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
  • So the man on the warpath took as many horses as he pleased.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Legends of the Great Plains » by Unknown
  • We've got to get warnin' to it that the Kiowas are on the warpath.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • He said his warriors could hardly be kept from the warpath against the whites.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • All the reactor-repair robots are there; don't get them on the warpath next.
  • Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Odd, too, are the noises he produces when he is 'on the warpath.'
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • With no regard for the treaty they had signed, they would resume the warpath.
  • Extract from : « Dangers of the Trail in 1865 » by Charles E Young
  • “It means that the Indians are going on the warpath, as surely as we hear it,” was the answer.
  • Extract from : « Far Past the Frontier » by James A. Braden

Synonyms for warpath

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