English > hostile: 6 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Characterized by enmity / enmity or ill ... / ill will. |
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| Examples | - "a hostile nation"
- "a hostile remark"
- "hostile actions"
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| Narrower | aggressive, belligerent | characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight |
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| antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical | Characterized by antagonism or antipathy |
| at loggerheads | In a dispute or confrontation |
| bitter | proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity |
| dirty | Expressing or revealing hostility or dislike |
| head-on | Characterized by direct opposition |
| ill | Indicating hostility or enmity / enmity |
| opponent, opposing | Characterized by active / active hostility |
| unfriendly, inimical | not friendly |
| See also | aggressive | Having or showing determination and energetic / energetic pursuit of your ends |
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| hateful | Evoking or deserving hatred |
| offensive | For the purpose of attack / attack rather than defense |
| unfavorable, unfavourable | not encouraging or approving or pleasing |
| unfriendly | not disposed to friendship or friendliness |
| unpeaceful | not peaceful |
| violent | Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity |
| Opposite | amicable | Characterized by friendship and good will |
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| Spanish | hostil, mal, malo, malvado, perjudicial |
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| Catalan | dolent, hostil, mal, malvat, perjudicial |
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| Nouns | hostility | the feeling of a hostile person |
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| Adverbs | hostilely | with hostility |
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