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Webster 1913 Edition
Hostility
Hos-til′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Hostilities
(#)
. [L.
hostilitas
: cf. F. hostilité
.] 1.
State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
Hostility
being thus suspended with France. Hayward.
2.
An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. See
hostilities
Syn. – Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hostility
HOSTIL'ITY
,Noun.
1.
The state of war between nations or states; the actions of an open enemy; aggression; attacks of an enemy. These secret enmities broke out in hostilities. Hostility being thus suspended with France.
We have carried on even our hostilities with humanity.
2.
Private enmity; a sense less proper.Definition 2025
hostility
hostility
English
Noun
hostility (countable and uncountable, plural hostilities)
- (uncountable) The state of being hostile.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
- There is no hostilitie so excellent, as that which is absolutely Christian.
- 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0-2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
- But with Goodison Park openly directing its full hostility towards Atkinson, Liverpool went ahead when Carroll turned in his first Premier League goal of the season after 70 minutes.
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- The polarization of wealth and the polarization of attitudes to diversity are not unrelated. A key reason for popular hostility to immigrants is that to many people, particularly within working-class communities, immigration has become a symbol of unacceptable change.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
- (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
Synonyms
- (state of being hostile): antagonism, opposition, enmity, animosity, antipathy, hatred
- (military action): war, fighting, combat
Antonyms
- (state of being hostile): amity, friendliness
- (military action): peace
Translations
state of being hostile
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hostile action, especially a military action
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