hostile
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hostile
- /ˈhɒstaɪl/ UK
- /ˈhɒstəl/ UK
- /ˈhɑstəl/ US
- /ˈhɑstaɪl/ US
Sounds like hostel (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɒstəl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ.
adjective more hostile · most hostile
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Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
a hostile force
Similar: inimical, unfriendly
- Aggressive; antagonistic.
- Unwilling.
- Being or relating to a hostile takeover. Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo! as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
Similar: antagonistic, hateful, adverse, conflicting, contentious, counteracting, hostile, incompatible, inharmonious, inimical, irreconcilable, opposed, repugnant, unbefriending, unfriendly, unharmonious, unpartial · Opposite: friendly, cooperative, helpful
noun hostiles
- An enemy. The Japanese got their attack in first. About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise). Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectore
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: enemy, inimical, antagonistic, antipathetical, opponent, antipathetic, ill, opposing, unfavourable, truculent, unfavorable, aggressive, uncongenial, unfriendly, inhospitable, irreconcilable
adjective
Similar: antagonistic, hateful, adverse, conflicting, contentious, counteracting, hostile, incompatible, inharmonious, inimical, irreconcilable, opposed, repugnant, unbefriending, unfriendly, unharmonious, unpartial · Opposite: friendly, cooperative, helpful
Translations
Every language
adj belonging or appropriate to an enemy
| Español | hostil |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 적대적인 jeokdaejeog-in |
| 日本語 | 敵の, 敵対的な tekitaiteki na |
| 中文 | 敵對的 /敌对的 díduì de, 懷敵意的 /怀敌意的 huái díyì de |
| हिन्दी | शत्रुतापूर्ण śatrutāpūrṇ, अहित ahit, अपकारी apkārī |
| Português | hostil |
| Français | hostile |
| Deutsch | feindlich, feindselig |
| Ελληνικά | εχθρικός echthrikós |
| Română | ostil |
| Русский | вражде́бный vraždébnyj, вра́жеский vrážeskij, неприя́тельский neprijátelʹskij |
| العربية | مُعَادِي muʕādī |
| עברית | עוֹיֵן 'oyén |
adj antagonistic
| 日本語 | 敵対的 tekitaiteki |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | शत्रुतापूर्ण śatrutāpūrṇ, अहित ahit, अपकारी apkārī |
| Deutsch | gegnerisch, unversöhnlich, antagonistisch, giftig |
| Ελληνικά | εχθρικός echthrikós |
| Русский | вражде́бный vraždébnyj |
Talk about this word "hostile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hostile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hostile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hostile "hostile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hostile.Cite this
@misc{hostile_2026,
title = {hostile},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hostile},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
