Enemylike

Alternative forms

• enemy-like

Origin

From enemy + -like.

Full definition of enemylike

Adjective

1. Like, resembling, or characteristic of an enemy; unfriendly; hostile.
• 2000, Dolf Zillmann, Peter Vorderer, Media Entertainment: The Psychology of Its Appeal - Page 36:A friendlike hero or protagonist emerges in the former condition, an enemylike villain or antagonist in the latter.
• 2009, Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change - Page 57:A should then categorize C as “enemy”, and exhibit enemy-like behavior towards C.