About The Word Hostile
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Hostile
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What's The Definition Of Hostile?
[adj] (business) used of attempts to buy or take control of a business; "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"
[adj] marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development; "not able to accomplish much in such a hostile environment" [adj] very unfriendly; "a hostile attitude" [adj] not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces" [adj] very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes" [adj] characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions" [adj] impossible to bring into friendly accord; "hostile factions" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hostile: aggressive | antagonistic | antipathetic | antipathetical | at loggerheads | belligerent | bitter | dirty | enemy(a) | head-on | ill | inhospitable | inimical | irreconcilable | opponent | opposing | truculent | uncongenial | unfavorable | unfavourable | unfriendly | unreconcilable Related Terms | Find terms related to Hostile: acrid | adversary | adversative | adverse | adversive | against | aggressive | alien | allergic | antagonistic | anti | antipathetic | antithetic | antonymous | argumentative | at cross-purposes | at loggerheads | at odds | at variance | at war | averse | balancing | battling | bellicose | belligerent | bitter | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | breakaway | caustic | chauvinist | chauvinistic | clashing | cold | colliding | combative | compensating | competitive | con | conflicting | confronting | contentious | contradicting | contradictory | contradistinct | contrapositive | contrarious | contrary | contrasted | converse | counter | counteractant | counteracting | counteractive | counterbalancing | counterpoised | countervailing | counterworking | cranky | cross | crotchety | dead against | despiteful | detrimental | differing | difficult | dim | disaccordant | disaffected | disagreeable | disagreeing | disapproving | discordant | discrepant | disenchanted | disharmonious | disinclined | displeased | disproportionate | dissentient | dissident | dissonant | divergent | dour | enemy | eyeball to eyeball | ferocious | fierce | fighting | fractious | full of fight | full of hate | grating | hard | harmful | hateful | hawkish | ill | immiscible | in opposition | inaccordant | incompatible | inconsistent | inharmonious | inhospitable | inimical | inverse | jangling | jarring | jingo | jingoish | jingoist | jingoistic | loath | malevolent | malicious | malignant | martial | militant | militaristic | military | miserable | negative | nonconformist | noncooperative | not charmed | not easy | obstinate | obverse | offensive | opponent | opposed | opposing | opposite | oppositional | oppositive | oppugnant | out of accord | out of whack | overthwart | perverse | pugnacious | put off | quarrelsome | rancorous | reactionary | recalcitrant | refractory | renitent | repugnant | resistant | reverse | revolutionary | rigorous | rival | saber-rattling | sanguinary | sanguineous | savage | scrappy | set against | sinister | soldierlike | soldierly | sore | sour | spiteful | squared off | stressful | trigger-happy | troublesome | troublous | truculent | trying | uncongenial | uncooperative | unfavorable | unfriendly | unharmonious | unpacific | unpeaceable | unpeaceful | unpropitious | unsympathetic | untoward | variant | venomous | virulent | vitriolic | warlike | warmongering | warring | wretched See Also | hateful | offensive | unpeaceful | violent Hostile In Webster's Dictionary \Hos"tile\, a. [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F.
hostile. See {Host} an army.]
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition
of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to
thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical;
unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a
hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
Syn: Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed;
adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.
\Hos"tile\, n. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] --P. H. Sheridan. |
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