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Hostility

Hostility Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hostility? [n] acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities" [n] violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked [n] a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" [n] the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" [n] a state of deep-seated ill-will Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hostility: aggression \| antagonism \| belligerency \| enmity \| enmity \| ill will \| ill will Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hostility: abhorrence \| abomination \| action \| aggression \| aggressiveness \| allergy \| altercation \| animosity \| animus \| antagonism \| anteposition \| antipathy \| antithesis \| argument \| aversion \| bad blood \| bad feeling \| bellicism \| bellicosity \| belligerence \| belligerency \| bickering \| bloodshed \| cat-and-dog life \| chauvinism \| clash \| clashing \| cold sweat \| collision \| combat \| combativeness \| competition \| conflict \| confrontation \| confrontment \| contention \| contentiousness \| contest \| contestation \| contradiction \| contradistinction \| contraindication \| contraposition \| contrariety \| contrariness \| contrast \| controversy \| counterposition \| creeping flesh \| cross-purposes \| cut and thrust \| debate \| despitefulness \| disaccord \| disaffinity \| disagreement \| discrepancy \| disgust \| disputation \| dispute \| dissension \| enmity \| ferocity \| fierceness \| fight \| fighting \| fractiousness \| friction \| hard feelings \| hardheartedness \| hate \| hatred \| horror \| hostilities \| ill will \| immediate dislike \| inconsistency \| inimicalness \| jingoism \| Kilkenny cats \| litigation \| loathing \| logomachy \| malevolence \| malice \| malignity \| martialism \| militancy \| militarism \| mortal horror \| nausea \| negativeness \| noncooperation \| obstinacy \| opposing \| oppositeness \| opposition \| opposure \| oppugnance \| oppugnancy \| paper war \| personality conflict \| perverseness \| perversity \| polar opposition \| polarity \| polarization \| polemic \| posing against \| pugnaciousness \| pugnacity \| quarrel \| quarreling \| quarrelsomeness \| rancor \| recalcitrance \| refractoriness \| repugnance \| repulsion \| rivalry \| saber rattling \| scrapping \| showdown \| shuddering \| spite \| spitefulness \| squabbling \| state of war \| strife \| struggle \| truculence \| uncooperativeness \| unfriendliness \| unpeacefulness \| vying \| war \| war of words \| warfare \| warmongering \| warpath \| words \| wrangling See Also \| action \| aggression \| aggressiveness \| animosity \| animus \| antagonism \| armed combat \| bad blood \| belligerence \| belligerency \| bitterness \| class feeling \| combat \| force \| gall \| hate \| hatred \| latent hostility \| meat grinder \| pillage \| pillaging \| plundering \| rancor \| rancour \| resentment \| state \| state of war \| suspicion \| tension \| unfriendliness \| violence \| virulence \| virulency \| war Hostility In Webster's Dictionary \Hostil"ity\, n.; pl. {Hostilities}. [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilit['e].] 1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. Hostility being thus suspended with France. --Hayward. 2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity. --Atterbury. He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. --Crabb. Syn: Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.

Hostility Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hostility?

[n] acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities"
[n] violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
[n] a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"
[n] the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"
[n] a state of deep-seated ill-will

Hostility In Webster's Dictionary

\Hos*til"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Hostilities}. [L. hostilitas:
cf. F. hostilit['e].]
1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy;
   unfriendliness; animosity.

         Hostility being thus suspended with France.
                                               --Hayward.

2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the
   plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.

         We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . .
         and have carried on even our hostilities with
         humanity.                             --Atterbury.

         He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes
         an enemy where he might have a friend. --Crabb.

Syn: Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression;
     contention; warfare.

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