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hostile adjective [ ˈhɒstʌɪl ]

• showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.
• "a hostile audience"
Similar: antagonistic, aggressive, confrontational, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, militant, truculent, combative, warlike, unfriendly, unkind, bitter, unsympathetic, malevolent, malicious, vicious, spiteful, rancorous, venomous, biting, wrathful, angry, malefic, maleficent,
Opposite: friendly, mild,
Origin: late 16th century: from French, or from Latin hostilis, from hostis ‘stranger, enemy’.


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