hostile
IPA: hˈɑstʌɫ
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.
adjective
- Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
- Aggressive; antagonistic.
- Unwilling.
- (not comparable) Being or relating to a hostile takeover.
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Examples of "hostile" in Sentences
- The enemy is belligerent and hostile.
- The most hostile, the least constructive.
- He continues to be hostile and uncommunicative.
- The article is overtly hostile to the petition.
- The outcry was impassioned and predictably hostile.
- At first the government was hostile to the cooperative.
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