NOUN | attribute | hostility, ill will | a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition |
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state | hostility, enmity, antagonism | a state of deep-seated ill-will | |
feeling | hostility, enmity, ill will | the feeling of a hostile person | |
act | hostility, aggression | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked |
Sounds | hhaastih'lahtiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | A hostile (very unfriendly) disposition. | |
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Example | "he could not conceal his hostility" | |
Synonym | ill will | |
Narrower | virulence, virulency | extreme / extreme hostility |
Broader | unfriendliness | An unfriendly disposition |
Spanish | hostilidad | |
Catalan | hostilitat |
Meaning | A state of deep-seated ill-will . | |
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Synonyms | enmity, antagonism | |
Instances | Cold War | A state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States |
Narrower | cold war | A state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare |
latent hostility, tension | Feelings of hostility that are not manifest | |
suspicion | The state of being suspected | |
war, state of war | A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply | |
Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
Spanish | antagonismo, enemistad, hostilidad | |
Catalan | hostilitat |
Meaning | The feeling of a hostile person. | |
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Example | "he could no longer contain his hostility" | |
Synonyms | enmity, ill will | |
Narrower | aggression, aggressiveness | A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack |
animosity, animus, bad blood | A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | |
antagonism | An actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility | |
belligerence, belligerency | Hostile or warlike attitude or nature | |
class feeling | Feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another | |
resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour | A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | |
Broader | hate, hatred | The emotion of intense dislike |
Spanish | animadversión, antipatía, aversión, enemistad, hostilidad | |
Catalan | animadversió, antipatia, aversió, enemistat, hostilitat | |
Adjectives | hostile | characterized by enmity / enmity or ill ... / ill will |
Meaning | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked. | |
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Synonym | aggression | |
Narrower | meat grinder | Any action resulting in injury or destruction |
plundering, pillage, pillaging | The act of stealing valuable things from a place | |
violence, force | An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | |
Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
Spanish | agresión | |
Catalan | agressió | |
Adjectives | hostile | unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) |
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