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Synonyms for hostile
ˈhɒs tl; esp. Brit. -taɪlhos·tile
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
hostileadjective
Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.
Synonyms:
alien, alien, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, foreign, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, opposed, remote, strange, unconnected, unlikeAntonyms:
akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevantPreposition:
Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.
Princeton's WordNet
hostileadjective
troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
"the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles"
Antonyms:
friendly, amicable, nonaggressive, reconcilable, well-meaning, favorable, well-disposed, unaggressive, hospitable, unthreateninghostileadjective
characterized by enmity or ill will
"a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
Synonyms:
uncongenial, unfriendlyAntonyms:
friendly, amicable, unthreatening, well-disposed, favorable, unaggressive, reconcilable, well-meaning, hospitable, nonaggressivehostileadjective
not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
"hostile naval and air forces"
Synonyms:
uncongenial, unfriendlyAntonyms:
friendly, amicable, unthreatening, reconcilable, well-meaning, well-disposed, nonaggressive, hospitable, unaggressive, favorablehostileadjective
impossible to bring into friendly accord
"hostile factions"
Synonyms:
uncongenial, unfriendlyAntonyms:
friendly, hospitable, well-meaning, well-disposed, reconcilable, unaggressive, nonaggressive, favorable, amicable, unthreateninghostile, uncongenial, unfriendlyadjective
very unfavorable to life or growth
"a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
Synonyms:
uncongenial, incompatible, unfriendly, inimicalAntonyms:
friendly, well-meaning, amicable, reconcilable, unaggressive, unthreatening, hospitable, well-disposed, favorable, nonaggressivehostileadjective
unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
"hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"
Synonyms:
uncongenial, unfriendlyAntonyms:
friendly, favorable, well-meaning, nonaggressive, amicable, unaggressive, hospitable, well-disposed, reconcilable, unthreatening
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hostileadjective
Synonyms:
inimical, unfriendly, warlike, at variancehostileadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hostileadjective
Synonyms:
antagonistic, inimical, unfriendly, repugnant, adverse
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "hostile":
hostility, unfriendly, antagonistic, enemy, inimical, hostilities, aggressive, enmity, -hostile, antagonism, animosity, rival, opposing, belligerent, adversarial, harsh, adverse, anti, inhospitable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1188 | foreign | |
#1331 | anti | |
#1639 | remote | |
#3929 | strange | |
#4784 | enemy | |
#5096 | unlike | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#5966 | alien | |
#6114 | opposed | |
#6811 | contrary | |
#7392 | inappropriate | |
#7750 | aggressive | |
#9085 | distant | |
#11080 | rival | |
#11437 | harsh | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#12575 | opposing | |
#13150 | irrelevant | |
#15258 | conflicting | |
#17090 | incompatible | |
#21810 | hostility | |
#22335 | contradictory | |
#33316 | contrasted | |
#34777 | hostilities | |
#40140 | unfriendly | |
#46040 | adversarial | |
#48333 | antagonism | |
#48768 | animosity | |
#49221 | antagonistic | |
#50674 | enmity | |
#52578 | unconnected | |
#55147 | belligerent | |
#78003 | inhospitable | |
#88971 | inimical | |
#109233 | impertinent | |
#273499 | uncongenial |
How to use hostile in a sentence?
This is a hostile takeover, an attempt at a hostile takeover, and if anyone here doesn't think what's going on out there is hostile, just ride up and down the street.
I gave up on new poetry myself thirty years ago, when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens on a hostile world.
It's getting worse, honestly, if the cops think we're out to get them and that we want to retaliate, even if that's not 100% true, they're going to be hostile towards us, and we're going to be hostile towards them. It's a mess.
The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it unfriendly. It is simply indifferent.
Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine as churches and monasteries persecute youthful saints.
Translations for hostile
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- عدائيArabic
- hostilCatalan, Valencian
- nepřátelskýCzech
- feindlichGerman
- malamikaEsperanto
- hostilSpanish
- vihamielinenFinnish
- hostileFrench
- nàimhdeach, nàimhdeil, eucairdeachScottish Gaelic
- bermusuhanIndonesian
- עויןHebrew
- 敵対的Japanese
- 적대적인Korean
- hostilisLatin
- tarawetiMāori
- fiendtligNorwegian
- vijandigDutch
- fiendtlegNorwegian Nynorsk
- wrogiPolish
- hostilPortuguese
- awqaQuechua
- ostilRomanian
- враждебный, вражескийRussian
- armiqësorAlbanian
- fientligSwedish
- విరుద్ధమైనTelugu
- 敵對Chinese
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