hostility

hos·til·i·ty

H0289800 (hŏ-stĭl′ĭ-tē)n. pl. hos·til·i·ties 1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See Synonyms at enmity.2. a. A hostile act.b. hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.

hostility

(hɒˈstɪlɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. enmity or antagonism2. an act expressing enmity or opposition3. (Military) (plural) fighting; warfare

hos•til•i•ty

(hɒˈstɪl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties. 1. a hostile state or attitude. 2. a hostile act. 3. opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, etc. 4. hostilities, a. acts of warfare. b. war. [1375–1425; < Latin]

hostility

1. a feeling or state of antagonism.
2. an expression or act of war. — hostile, adj.See also: War

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hostility - a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"ill willunfriendliness - an unfriendly dispositionvirulence, virulency - extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"
	2.	hostility - a state of deep-seated ill-will antagonism, enmitystate - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"latent hostility, tension - feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions"state of war, war - a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"cold war - a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfaresuspicion - the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion"
	3.	hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"ill will, enmityhate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands actionanimosity, animus, bad blood - a feeling of ill will arousing active hostilityclass feeling - feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward anotherantagonism - an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostilityaggression, aggressiveness - a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attackbelligerence, belligerency - hostile or warlike attitude or naturebitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
	4.	hostility - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovokedaggressionaction - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"meat grinder - any action resulting in injury or destruction; "the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation"; "allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder"violence, force - an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

hostility

noun1. unfriendliness, hatred, animosity, spite, bitterness, malice, venom, antagonism, enmity, abhorrence, malevolence, detestation She looked at Ron with open hostility.
unfriendliness goodwill, friendliness, amity, cordiality, sympathy, congeniality2. opposition, resentment, antipathy, aversion, antagonism, ill feeling, bad blood, ill-will, animus hostility among traditionalists to this method of teaching history
opposition agreement, approvalplural noun1. warfare, war, fighting, conflict, combat, armed conflict, state of war Military chiefs agreed to cease hostilities throughout the country.
warfare peace, alliance, treaty, ceasefire, truce

hostility

noun1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature:bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency.2. Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals:animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, ill will.3. Hostile behavior:aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, militance, militancy.4. A state of open, prolonged fighting.Used in plural:belligerency, conflict, confrontation, strife, struggle, war, warfare.

Translations

敌意

hostile

(ˈhostail) adjective1. unfriendly; warlike. hostile tribesmen. 不友善的，敵對的 怀有敌意的，不友善的，敌对的 2. belonging to an enemy. a hostile army. 敵方的 敌人的，敌方的 3. showing dislike or opposition to something. a hostile attitude. 不友善的，敵視的 不友善的，敌意的 hoˈstilities (-ˈsti-) noun plural acts of war; battles. The two countries were engaged in hostilities. 戰爭行動 战争行动hoˈstility (-ˈsti-) noun unfriendliness; opposition. 敵意 敌意