hostile

Word Type

a.

hostile Meaning Definition

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

Synonyms for hostile

acrid,adversary,adversative,adverse,adversive,against,aggressive,alien,allergic,antagonistic,anti,antipathetic,antithetic,antonymous,argumentative,at cross-purposes,at loggerheads,at odds,at variance,at war,averse,balancing,battling,bellicose,belligerent,bitter,bloodthirsty,bloody,bloody-minded,breakaway,caustic,chauvinist,chauvinistic,clashing,cold,colliding,combative,compensating,competitive,con,conflicting,confronting,contentious,contradicting,contradictory,contradistinct,contrapositive,contrarious,contrary,contrasted,converse,counter,counteractant,counteracting,counteractive,counterbalancing,counterpoised,countervailing,counterworking,cranky,cross,crotchety,dead against,despiteful,detrimental,differing,difficult,dim,disaccordant,disaffected,disagreeable,disagreeing,disapproving,discordant,discrepant,disenchanted,disharmonious,disinclined,displeased,disproportionate,dissentient,dissident,dissonant,divergent,dour,enemy,eyeball to eyeball,ferocious,fierce,fighting,fractious,full of fight,full of hate,grating,hard,harmful,hateful,hawkish,ill,immiscible,in opposition,inaccordant,incompatible,inconsistent,inharmonious,inhospitable,inimical,inverse,jangling,jarring,jingo,jingoish,jingoist,jingoistic,loath,malevolent,malicious,malignant,martial,militant,militaristic,military,miserable,negative,nonconformist,noncooperative,not charmed,not easy,obstinate,obverse,offensive,opponent,opposed,opposing,opposite,oppositional,oppositive,oppugnant,out of accord,out of whack,overthwart,perverse,pugnacious,put off,quarrelsome,rancorous,reactionary,recalcitrant,refractory,renitent,repugnant,resistant,reverse,revolutionary,rigorous,rival,saber-rattling,sanguinary,sanguineous,savage,scrappy,set against,sinister,soldierlike,soldierly,sore,sour,spiteful,squared off,stressful,trigger-happy,troublesome,troublous,truculent,trying,uncongenial,uncooperative,unfavorable,unfriendly,unharmonious,unpacific,unpeaceable,unpeaceful,unpropitious,unsympathetic,untoward,variant,venomous,virulent,vitriolic,warlike,warmongering,warring,wretched

Synonym Search Links for hostile

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