hostility

[ ho-stil-i-tee ]

/ hɒˈstɪl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural hos·til·i·ties.

a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.

a hostile act.

opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc.

hostilities,

acts of warfare.
war¹.

Origin of hostility

1375–1425; late Middle English hostilite < Latin hostīlitās. See hostile, -ity

SYNONYMS FOR hostility

1 animosity, animus, ill will, hatred.

4 fighting, conflict.

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ANTONYMS FOR hostility

1 friendliness.

4 peace.

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OTHER WORDS FROM hostility

non·hos·til·i·ty, noun o·ver·hos·til·i·ty, noun pre·hos·til·i·ty, noun, plural pre·hos·til·i·ties. sem·i·hos·til·i·ty, noun

Words nearby hostility

hostile, hostile fire, hostile sexism, hostile takeover, hostile witness, hostility, hostler, hostly, hot, hot air, hot and bothered

Example sentences from the Web for hostility

Hostility to the non-urban regions includes a detestation of suburbia.

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Amanda came home to largely welcoming American arms, her case held up as an example of hostility to Americans abroad.

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For instance, when a couple is having trouble, the tension and hostility can bleed into BDSM scenes.

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Even the way the term “aliens” is used to describe migrants spotted in the desert has an air of hostility.

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Undeterred, Wanda and Ida press on along a road of hostility and dissimulation that will lead to the harrowing end of their quest.

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They had shown in their convention a few weeks before their hostility to autonomy.

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One sorrow approaches humiliation and hostility, and these thoughts have revived me.

The Last Days of Tolstoy |V. G. Chertkov
For priests he had not a civil word; and they showed their sense of his hostility by getting him killed as soon as possible.

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Although he had himself dreaded a good deal from the hostility of the Pottawattamie, he could have wished this deed undone.

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He was sensible only of their hostility and utter want of sympathy.

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British Dictionary definitions for hostility

hostility

/ (hɒˈstɪlɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

enmity or antagonism

an act expressing enmity or opposition

(plural) fighting; warfare

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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hostility

noun, plural hos·til·i·ties.

Origin of hostility

SYNONYMS FOR hostility

ANTONYMS FOR hostility

OTHER WORDS FROM hostility

Words nearby hostility

Example sentences from the Web for hostility

British Dictionary definitions for hostility

noun plural -ties

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

hostility

noun, plural hos·til·i·ties.

Origin of hostility

SYNONYMS FOR hostility

ANTONYMS FOR hostility

OTHER WORDS FROM hostility

Words nearby hostility

Words related to hostility

Example sentences from the Web for hostility

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