enemylike

Like, resembling, or characteristic of an enemy; unfriendly; hostile.

Adjective

  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

Origin

From enemy + -like.

Forms

more enemylike most enemylike enemy-like