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Webster 1913 Edition
Hostile
Hos′tile
,Noun.
An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; – commonly in the plural.
[Colloq.]
P. H. Sheridan.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hostile
HOS'TILE
,Adj.
1.
Belonging to a public enemy; designating enmity, particularly public enmity, or a state of war; inimical; as a hostile band or army; a hostile force; hostile intentions.2.
Possessed by a public enemy; as a hostile country.3.
Adverse; opposite; unfriendly. [But the word is not properly applied to private enmity, or mere unfriendliness.]Definition 2024
hostile
hostile
English
Adjective
hostile (comparative more hostile, superlative most hostile)
- 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
- a hostile force
- hostile intentions
- a hostile country
- hostile to a sudden change
- Aggressive, antagonistic.
- Of a hostile takeover.
- Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
Related terms
Synonyms
Antonyms
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belonging or appropriate to an enemy
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antagonistic
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Noun
hostile (plural hostiles)
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Latin
Adjective
hostīle
- nominative neuter singular of hostīlis
- accusative neuter singular of hostīlis
- vocative neuter singular of hostīlis
References
- HOSTILE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)