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Hostile Definition And Meaning
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.

Hostile Definition And Meaning

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"

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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