hostility
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hostility
- /hɒsˈtɪlɪti/ UK
- /hɑˈstɪlɪti/ Atlantic Canada, US
- [hɑˈstɪlɪɾi] Atlantic Canada, US
- /hɑˈstɪləti/ Atlantic Canada, US
- [hɑˈstɪləɾi] Atlantic Canada, US
- /hɒsˈtɪlɪti/ Canada
- [hɒsˈtɪlɪɾi] Canada
- /hɒsˈtɪləti/ Canada
- [hɒsˈtɪləɾi] Canada
Rhymes with -ɪlɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.
noun hostilities
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The state of being hostile.
My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us.
Similar: antagonism, opposition, enmity, animosity, antipathy, hatred, unfriendliness, animus
- A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition. As the revivals died down in the 1740s, the revivalist camp made concessions to their opponents, admonished prorevivalists who continued with the hostilities, and generally sought to heal divisions.
Opposite: amity, friendliness, peace
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ill will, enmity, antagonism, belligerency, aggression, animosity, adversity, hate, hatred, hostile, enemy, rejection, harassment, opposition, aggressiveness, rage
noun
Opposite: amity, friendliness, peace
Translations
Every language
noun state of being hostile
| Español | hostilidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 적의 jeogui, 적대 jeokdae |
| 日本語 | 敵対 tekitai, 敵意 tekii |
| 中文 | 敵意 /敌意 díyì |
| हिन्दी | वैर vair, शत्रुता śatrutā, बैर bair |
| Kiswahili | uadui |
| Português | hostilidade |
| Français | hostilité |
| Deutsch | Feindseligkeit, Feindschaft |
| Italiano | ostilità |
| Ελληνικά | εχθρότητα echthrótita, εχθρικότητα echthrikótita |
| Română | ostilitate, dușmănie |
| Русский | вражде́бность vraždébnostʹ, вражда́ vraždá, неприя́тие neprijátije, неприя́знь neprijáznʹ |
| العربية | عَدَاوَة ʕadāwa, عَدَاء ʕadāʔ |
| עברית | אֵיבָה eyvá |
noun hostile action, especially a military action
| Español | hostilidad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 事変 jihen |
| Ελληνικά | εχθροπραξία echthropraxía |
| Русский | вражде́бный акт vraždébnyj akt, вое́нные де́йствия vojénnyje déjstvija, боевы́е де́йствия bojevýje déjstvija |
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title = {hostility},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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