Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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hostility | Yes | No | No | No |
hostile | Yes | Yes | No | No |
hostility (noun) | hostile (noun) |
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violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | troops belonging to the enemy's military forces |
a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition | |
the feeling of a hostile person | |
a state of deep-seated ill-will |
hostility (adjective) | hostile (adjective) |
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characterized by enmity or ill will | |
not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally | |
unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) | |
very unfavorable to life or growth | |
impossible to bring into friendly accord |