Meaning

4 senses
  1. Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.

    a hostile force

    hostile intentions

    feindlich, feindselig

    вражде́бныйvraždébnyj, вра́жескийvrážeskij, неприя́тельскийneprijátelʹskij

    воро́жийvoróžyj

    characterized by enmity or ill will

  2. Aggressive; antagonistic.

    gegnerisch, unversöhnlich, antagonistisch

    вражде́бныйvraždébnyj

    воро́жийvoróžyj

  3. Unwilling.

  4. (not comparable)Being or relating to a hostile takeover.

    Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo! as soon as Friday, according to a published report.

Examples

91 sentences
  1. Everybody took a hostile attitude toward illegal aliens.

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  2. We got a hostile reception from the villagers.

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  3. Tom was aware of everyone's hostile feelings towards him.

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  4. Tom was aware of everybody hostile feelings towards him.

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  5. It's a hostile environment.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
belonging or appropriate to an enemy:
Русский
By meaning 1
belonging or appropriate to an enemy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
belonging or appropriate to an enemy:
antagonistic:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced

Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ.

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