lion-likeadj.adv.
/ˈlʌɪənlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈlaɪənˌlaɪk/ A. adj.
Resembling a lion or what pertains to a lion.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]
grimlyc893
retheeOE
grim971
bitterOE
bremec1175
grillc1175
grimfula1240
cruel1297
sturdy1297
fiercea1300
fellc1300
boistousa1387
felonousc1386
savagea1393
bestiala1398
bremelya1400
felona1400
hetera1400
cursedc1400
wicked14..
vengeablec1430
wolvishc1430
unnatural?1473
inhuman1481
brutisha1513
cruent1524
felonish1530
mannish1530
abominate1531
lionish1549
boarish?1550
truculent?c1550
unhumanc1550
lion-like1556
beastly1558
orped1567
raw?1573
tigerish?1573
unmanlike1579
boisterous1581
savaged1583
tiger-like1587
yond1590
truculental1593
savage wild1595
tigerous1597
inhumane1598
Neronian1598
immane1599
Phalarical1602
ungentle1603
feral1604
savagious1605
fierceful1607
Dionysian1608
wolvy1611
Hunnish1625
lionly1631
tigerly1633
savage-hearted1639
brutal1641
feroce1641
ferocious1646
asperous1650
ferousa1652
wolfish1674
tiger1763
savage-fierce1770
Tartar1809
Tartarly1821
Neroic1851
tigery1859
Neronic1864
unmannish1867
inhumanitarian1947
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective]
grimlyc893
wrothc893
reighOE
grima1000
grillc1175
witherc1175
grimfula1240
sturdy1297
wild1297
fiercea1300
man-keenc1300
stoutc1300
cruelc1330
fell?c1335
wicked1375
felonousc1386
felona1400
cursedc1400
runishc1400
keen?c1425
roid?c1425
wolvishc1430
ranishc1450
malicious1485
mankind1519
mannish1530
lionish1549
truculent?c1550
lion-like1556
tigerish?1573
tiger-like1587
truculental1593
Amazonian1595
tigerous1597
feral1604
fierceful1607
efferous1614
lionly1631
tigerly1633
feroce1641
ferocious1646
asperous1650
ferousa1652
blusterous1663
wolfish1674
boarisha1718
savage-fierce1770
Tartar1809
Tartarly1821
wolfy1828
savagerous1832
hawkish1841
tigery1859
attern1868
Hunnish1915
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > keenness > [adjective] > fierce as a lion or tiger
lionish1549
lion-like1556
lion1631
lionly1631
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xci. 122 This lionlike spider: erst feerce as could be.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Chron. xi. 22 He slue two Lyon-like men of Moab.
1747 T. Smith Jrnl. (1849) 270 There has been no high winds this month [March]—no lion-like days.
1833 W. Scott Rob Roy Introd. App. v, in Waverley Novels XV. 300 The lion-like mode of wooing practised by the ancient Highlanders.
a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 51 His [Achilles'] lion-like fury of sorrow for Patroclus.
B. adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > [adverb]
like a manc1475
courageously1477
lion-like1610
1610 R. Niccols Winter Nights Vision in Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Edmund Ironside. 600 The anguish arm'd our armes with strength to strike, And made vs both incounter lion-like.
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iii. i. 29 But Lyon-like has been in desarts bred.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. xiv. 184 Ritterdom fought lion-like, but with insufficient strategic and other wisdom.
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