Synonyms of on the warpath

on the warpath

phrase

as in aggressive

feeling or displaying eagerness to fight

Local citizens went on the warpath as the city threatened to cut teachers' salaries.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggressive
• militant
• hostile
• contentious
• fierce
• acidic
• rude
• ugly
• irritable
• discordant
• vicious
• argumentative
• confrontational
• assaultive
• savage
• combative
• warlike
• bellicose
• scrappy
• quarrelsome
• pugnacious
• antagonistic
• agonistic
• belligerent
• disputatious
• feisty
• truculent
• chippy
• gladiatorial
• brawly
• touchy
• grouchy
• disagreeable
• testy
• grumpy
• cranky
• cross
• warring
• snappy
• peevish
• surly
• bilious
• bristly
• prickly
• ornery
• huffy
• fighting
• crabby
• dyspeptic
• waspish
• ill-humored
• choleric
• fractious
• snappish
• pettish
• petulant
• querulous
• bearish
• stroppy
• ill-natured
• fretful
• irascible
• battling
• hot-tempered
• ill-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceful
• pacific
• peaceable
• nonaggressive
• friendly
• uncombative
• pleasant
• cordial
• conciliatory
• amicable
• unbelligerent
• uncontentious
• benevolent
• genial
• gracious
• amiable
• ingratiating
• serene
• complaisant
• sociable
• easygoing
• affable
• quiet
• nonbelligerent
• calm
• mild
• benign
• obliging
• good-natured
• relaxed
• kindhearted
• tranquil
• kindly
• antimilitarist
• unwarlike
• anti-imperialist
• gentle
• good-tempered