warring

See also: Warring

English

Etymology

From Middle English werrynge. By surface analysis, war +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ

Adjective

warring (not comparable)

1. engaged in war; belligerent

Antonyms

• peaceful

Translations

engaged in war; belligerent

• Arabic: مُتَحَارِب (mutaḥārib)
• Bulgarian: воюващ (bg) (vojuvašt)
• Czech: válčící
• Danish: krigsførende
• Finnish: sotaakäyvä, sotiva (fi)
• German: kämpfend (de)
• Greek: εμπόλεμος (el) (empólemos)
• Italian: belligerante (it)
• Japanese: 戦争中の (sensōchū no), 戦乱の (ja) (senran no)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krigførende

  Nynorsk: krigførande

Noun

warring (plural warrings)

1. The act of engaging in war or conflict.
   • 1842, The Church of England Magazine, volume 13, page 189:

     Worn out and wearied with the endless warrings of virulent sectarians […]

Verb

warring

1. present participle and gerund of war

Woiwurrung

Noun

warring

1. ear

See also

• wirn
• wirimbel
• wimbel

References

• Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124