Synonyms for hostility
hɒˈstɪl ɪ tihos·til·i·ty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. hostility

   Antipathy, repugnance, and uncongeniality are instinctive; other forms of dislike may be acquired or cherished for cause. Uncongeniality is negative, a want of touch or sympathy. An antipathy to a person or thing is an instinctive recoil from connection or association with that person or thing, and may be physical or mental, or both. Antagonism may result from the necessity of circumstances; opposition may spring from conflicting views or interests; abhorrence and detestation may be the result of religious and moral training; distaste and disgust may be acquired; aversion is a deep and permanent dislike. A natural antipathy may give rise to opposition which may result in hatred and hostility. Compare ACRIMONY; ANGER; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, opposition, repugnance, repulsion, uncongeniality

   Antonyms:
   affinity, agreement, attraction, congeniality, fellow-feeling, harmony, kindliness, regard, sympathy

   Preposition:
   Antipathy to (less frequently for or against) a person or thing; antipathy between or betwixt two persons or things.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. hostility, ill willnoun

   a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

   "he could not conceal his hostility"

   Synonyms:
   aggression, enmity, ill will, antagonism

2. hostility, enmity, antagonismnoun

   a state of deep-seated ill-will

   Synonyms:
   aggression, enmity, ill will, antagonism

3. hostility, enmity, ill willnoun

   the feeling of a hostile person

   "he could no longer contain his hostility"

   Synonyms:
   aggression, enmity, ill will, antagonism

4. aggression, hostilitynoun

   violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

   Synonyms:
   aggression, enmity, ill will, aggressiveness, antagonism

Matched Categories

1. • Action
   • State
   • Unfriendliness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hostilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   enmity, animosity, hatred, unfriendliness, ill-will

2. hostilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   opposition, repugnance

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1. hostilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   enmity, animosity, unfriendliness, opposition, warfare, aggression

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "hostility":

   enmity, hostile, animosity, antagonism, runner, feud, sprinter, hatred

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1. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee:

   This administration has had an open hostility toward the Christian faith.

2. Michael Beckley:

   China, on the one hand, wants to support Russia but is not willing to go to the full extent as an ally would because it worries that it'll get cut off from the Western economic system and invite hostility towards itself.

3. Lena Dunham:

   I have received more hostility for voting for a qualified female candidate than I have ever received anywhere from the American right wing, the fact that other members of the Democratic Party have spoken to me like I was an ill informed child for voting for someone who represents everything I think this country should be is outrageous.

4. Shimon Peres:

   One day they will see that war and hostility towards Israel have gotten them nothing, arabs want what we all want for our children. We must continue to dream — to focus on the future.

5. President Trump:

   It will be a beginning, i don't say and I've never said it happens in one meeting. You're talking about years of hostility; years of problems; years of, really, hatred between so many different nations. But I think you're going to have a very positive result in the end.