hostility

(hŏ-stĭl'ĭ-tē)
n., pl., -ties.

1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See synonyms at enmity.
2. 1. A hostile act.
   2. hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.

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noun

1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See attack/defend.
2. Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals: animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, ill will. See love/hatred.
3. Hostile behavior: aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, militance, militancy. See attack/defend.
4. A state of open, prolonged fighting. belligerency, conflict, confrontation, strife, struggle, war, warfare. See conflict/cooperation.

n

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

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.

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n

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

For a list of words related to hostility, see:

• Opposition, Disagreement, and Attack - hostility: enmity or antagonism; opposition or resistance to an idea or project

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See words rhyming with "hostility."

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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