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Dictionary: hos·til·i·ty   (hŏ-stĭl'ĭ-tē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ties.
  1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See synonyms at enmity.
    1. A hostile act.
    2. hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.

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Antonyms: hostility
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n

Definition: antagonism, meanness
Antonyms: agreeableness, friendliness, friendship, gentleness, kindness, niceness, peace


Dental Dictionary: hostility
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n

The tendency of an organism to threaten harm to another or to itself.

Devil's Dictionary: hostility
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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

A peculiarly sharp and specially applied sense of the earth's overpopulation. Hostility is classified as active and passive; as (respectively) the feeling of a woman for her female friends, and that which she entertains for all the rest of her sex.


Translations: Hostility
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fjendskab, fjendtlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
vijandigheid, vijandelijkheid, vijandschap, tegenstand, kwaadwilligheid

Français (French)
n. - hostilité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Feindseligkeit, Feindlichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εχθρότητα, εχθρικότητα, εχθροπραξία

Italiano (Italian)
ostilità, inimicizia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sentimento (m) de inimizade, hostilidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
враждебность

Español (Spanish)
n. - hostilidad, animosidad, enemistad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fientlighet, fiendskap

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
敌意, 反对, 敌对

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 敵意, 反對, 敵對

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 적대 행위, 적의, 반대

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 敵意, 反抗, 敵対行為, 反対, 対立

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عداء, عمل عدائي, حرب, خصومه, حقد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שנאה, איבה, מצב מלחמה, ברבים: פעולות מלחמה, מחשבה מתנגדת‬


 
 
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