warhungry

English edit

Etymology edit

From war +‎ hungry.

Adjective edit

warhungry (comparative more warhungry, superlative most warhungry)

Advocating war.
Synonyms: bellicist, bellicistic, bellicose, hawkish, militaristic

Antonyms: anti-bellicist, dovish, pacific, pacifist, pacifistic, peaceful
- 2000 May 31, Anders Honore, “weather report”, in alt.philosophy.zen‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-02:
  UK?!? Those tights-wearing slops? Never! The blood of warhungry vikings flows in my blood! I'm Danish!!!!! And you?
- 2001 November 8, GD, “Cluster Bombs”, in aus.politics‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-02:
  The thing that surprised me most about the figures were:
  1. How warhungry India and Israel are. While on average, about 20% of the worlds population think the USA ought to attack a country found responsible, it rises to 54% in the USA (as one might expect), but its^[sic] a massive 72% and 77% in India and Israel!
- 2003 April 7, Herbert, “Next stop: N-Korea”, in us.politics‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-02:
  If America goes to war with North-Korea I am absolutely sure that even if North-Korea is likely to loose,^[sic] the vast majority of the world will cheer if America gets punched in ways that make Pearl Harbor and September 11th look like Thanksgiving.
  That would teach warhungry America a good lesson and make people in most poor countries celebrate.
- 2003 July 15, pork'n'stuffing, “Franklin Mint & Diana”, in soc.culture.british‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-02:
  Face it, Americans suck. Theyre the most warhungry nutters on the face of the planet
- 2012 September 25, Jos Boersema, “Jews and Communism”, in soc.culture.jewish‎^[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-02:
  You are going to be destroyed, the world perhaps not going to be a better place because of that, but the most warhungry Empire in the world will have met its well deserved fate.
- 2014 September 11, Bassos, “The Quran - The Final Revelation to Mankind”, in alt.magick‎^[6] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-02:
  And when everybody around you is a warhungry savage;
  going full out peace loving tree hugging save the planet mode did not work.