warpath

war·path (wôr

, -päth

)

1. A course that leads to warfare or battle.

2. A hostile course or mood: The chef is on the warpath today.

warpath [ˈwɔːˌpɑːθ]

1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (Historical Terms) the route taken by North American Indians on a warlike expedition

on the warpath

a. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (Military) preparing to engage in battle

b. Informal in a state of anger

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	warpath - hostile or belligerent mood; "the chief is on the warpath today" belligerence, belligerency - hostile or warlike attitude or nature
	2.	warpath - a course leading to warfare or battle path, way of life, way - a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"

Translations

warpath [ˈwɔːpɑːθ] N to be on the warpath (lit) → estar en pie de guerra (fig) → estar dispuesto a armar un lío

warpath [ˈwɔː^rpɑːθ] n
to be on the warpath → être sur le sentier de la guerre

warpath [ˈwɔːˌpɑːθ] n to be on the warpath (fig) → essere sul sentiero di guerra

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anger angry belligerence belligerency boiling enraged fuming furious incandescent incensed infuriated On the warpath path war way way of life wild	Navy, 1839; The Pathfinder, or the Inland Sea, 1840; Mercedes of Castile, 1841; The Deerslayer, or the First Warpath, 1841; The Two Admirals, 1842; The Wing-and-Wing (Jack o Lantern), 1842; The Battle of Lake Erie, or Answers to Messrs. The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context No -- better still, he would join the Indians, and hunt buffaloes and go on the warpath in the mountain ranges and the trackless great plains of the Far West, and away in the future come back a great chief, bristling with feathers, hideous with paint, and prance into Sunday- school, some drowsy summer morning, with a blood- curdling war-whoop, and sear the eyeballs of all his companions with unappeasable envy. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context Every Elliott and Crawford and MacAllister is on the warpath, loaded for bear. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context	warning light warning net warning of attack warning of war warning order Warning piece warning red warning shot warning shots warning signal warning track warning triangle warning white warning yellow warningly Warnstore warp warp and woof Warp beam Warp fabric Warp frame Warp knitting Warp lace warp speed warpage warpath warped Warped surface Warper warping Warping bank Warping hook Warping mill Warping penny Warping post warplane Warproof Warragal Warrandice warrant warrant card Warrant of attorney Warrant of Fitness warrant officer warrant sale Warrant to sue and defend warrantable warranted warrantee Warranter Warrantise	Warp beam Warp drive Warp Drive Enterprises Inc Warp fabric Warp frame Warp knitting Warp knitting Warp lace warp prints Warp Propulsion System Warp Server Warp Server for E-Business warp speed Warp star Warp Stop-Motion warp wire warp-faced fabric WARP1 Warpac Warpac Warpac Warpac Warpage Warpage Warpage Warpage warpages warpages warpages warpages warpath warped warped warped warped warped idea warped impression Warped surface Warped Tour warper warper warper warper warpers warpers warpers warpers WARPF WARPIG warping warping warping warping Warping bank warping function Warping hook warping joint Warping mill Warping of space by gravity Warping of space by gravity Warping of Wood

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anger
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belligerence
belligerency
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enraged
fuming
furious
incandescent
incensed
infuriated
On the warpath
path
war
way
way of life
wild

Navy, 1839; The Pathfinder, or the Inland Sea, 1840; Mercedes of Castile, 1841; The Deerslayer, or the First Warpath, 1841; The Two Admirals, 1842; The Wing-and-Wing (Jack o Lantern), 1842; The Battle of Lake Erie, or Answers to Messrs.

The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

No -- better still, he would join the Indians, and hunt buffaloes and go on the warpath in the mountain ranges and the trackless great plains of the Far West, and away in the future come back a great chief, bristling with feathers, hideous with paint, and prance into Sunday- school, some drowsy summer morning, with a blood- curdling war-whoop, and sear the eyeballs of all his companions with unappeasable envy.

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

Every Elliott and Crawford and MacAllister is on the warpath, loaded for bear.

Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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