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hostility
[ho-stil-i-tee]
noun
plural
hostilitiesa hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms:a hostile act.
opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc.
hostilities,
acts of warfare.
war.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:
hostility
/ ɒˈɪɪɪ /
noun
enmity or antagonism
an act expressing enmity or opposition
(plural) fighting; warfare
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonhostility noun
- overhostility noun
- prehostility noun
- semihostility noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hostility1
Example Sentences
Both sides had been building toward this moment for years — a city famous for embracing the immigrant experience and a White House that had made hostility toward those here illegally a hallmark of its agenda.
But the robot’s confusion, and the animal’s hostility, soon dissolve into a mutual understanding.
"That is a notion that is in hostility to all of our shared constitutional values."
“Our monster is their own perception of hostility,” he said.
Prior to the Israel-Gaza war, Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group had engaged in more than a year of cross-border hostilities that culminated in an intense Israeli bombing campaign and ground incursion into southern Lebanon.
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