hostile
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis ("enemy").
Pronunciation Adjectivehostile
- Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
- Synonyms: inimical, unfriendly
- a hostile force
- hostile intentions
- a hostile country
- hostile to a sudden change
- Aggressive; antagonistic.
- Unwilling.
- (not comparable) 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.
- antagonistic
- hateful
- See also Thesaurus:hostile
- French: hostile
- German: feindlich, feindselig
- Portuguese: hostil
- Russian: вражде́бный
- Spanish: hostil
- German: gegnerisch, unversöhnlich, antagonistisch, giftig (coll.)
- Russian: вражде́бный
hostile (plural hostiles)
- (chiefly, in the plural) An enemy.
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