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hostile

//ˈhɒstaɪl//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for hostile

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more hostile
Superlative
most hostile

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
hostiles

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.

  2. 2.Aggressive; antagonistic.

  3. 3.Unwilling.

  4. 4.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.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.An enemy.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4710

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”).

Displaced Old English fēondlīċ.

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