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hostil — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • antagonistic adj Showing active hostility or opposition.
  • hostile adjective Unfriendly or aggressive, like an enemy.
  • inimical adjective Tending to harm something or make it impossible; working against it.
  • unfriendly adj Not friendly; cold or hostile in manner.

Senses

hostil is used for these senses in English:

  • antagonistic Contending or acting against.
  • hostile Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
  • inimical Unfriendly, hostile.
  • unfriendly Not friendly; hostile; mean.

hostile — full definition

  1. adjective Unfriendly or aggressive, like an enemy.
  2. adjective Relating to a takeover of a company that the target company's management opposes.

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