Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The state of being hostile.

    My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us.

    Feindseligkeit, Feindschaft

    вражде́бностьvraždébnostʹ, вражда́vraždá, неприя́тиеneprijátije

    воро́жістьvoróžistʹ, ворожне́чаvorožnéča, непри́язньneprýjaznʹ

    a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

  2. (countable)A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

    вражде́бный актvraždébnyj akt, вое́нные де́йствияvojénnyje déjstvija, боевы́е де́йствияbojevýje déjstvija

    воє́нні ді́їvojénni díji, військо́ві ді́їvijsʹkóvi díji, бойові́ ді́їbojoví díji

    violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

Examples

25 sentences
  1. I'm sensing a little hostility here.

    deIch spüre hier ein wenig Feindseligkeit.

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  2. I'm sensing a lot of hostility.

    deIch spüre eine große Feindseligkeit.

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  3. I don't feel hostility toward you.

    ruЯ не чувствую враждебности к тебе.

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  4. They began to prepare for possible hostilities.

    ruОни начали подготовку к возможным нападениям.

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  5. Yanni vented his hostility to the teacher.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
state of being hostile:
hostile action, especially a military action:
Русский
By meaning 2
state of being hostile:
hostile action, especially a military action:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state of being hostile:

Origin

From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitā

From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.

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Forms

plural: hostilities
Singularhostility
Pluralhostilities

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
military action:warA1fightingB2combat
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
state of being hostile:amityfriendlinessB1
military action:peaceA1

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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