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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: 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
Antonyms: amicable, friendly
See Also: hateful, offensive, unpeaceful, violent
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