
n., pl., -ties.
- The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See synonyms at enmity.
- A hostile act.
- hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.
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American Heritage Dictionary:
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Roget's Thesaurus:
hostility |
noun
Antonyms by Answers.com:
hostility |
Definition: antagonism, meanness
Antonyms: agreeableness, friendliness, friendship, gentleness, kindness, niceness, peace
Devil's Dictionary:
hostility |
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.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
hostility |
The tendency of an organism to threaten harm to another or to itself.
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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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