phrase

• 1Angry and ready or eager for confrontation.

  ‘her outraged husband was on the warpath’

  More example sentences

  • ‘when he learns of the betrayal he goes on the warpath’

  Synonyms

  irate, annoyed, cross, vexed, irritated, exasperated, indignant, aggrieved, irked, piqued, displeased, provoked, galled, resentful

• 2historical (of North American Indians) heading towards a battle with an enemy.