Synonyms for hostile
ˈhɒs tl; esp. Brit. -taɪlhos·tile

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1. 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, unlike

   Antonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

   Preposition:
   Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

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1. 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, unthreatening

2. hostileadjective

   characterized by enmity or ill will

   "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"

   Synonyms:
   uncongenial, unfriendly

   Antonyms:
   friendly, amicable, unthreatening, well-disposed, favorable, unaggressive, reconcilable, well-meaning, hospitable, nonaggressive

3. hostileadjective

   not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

   "hostile naval and air forces"

   Synonyms:
   uncongenial, unfriendly

   Antonyms:
   friendly, amicable, unthreatening, reconcilable, well-meaning, well-disposed, nonaggressive, hospitable, unaggressive, favorable

4. hostileadjective

   impossible to bring into friendly accord

   "hostile factions"

   Synonyms:
   uncongenial, unfriendly

   Antonyms:
   friendly, hospitable, well-meaning, well-disposed, reconcilable, unaggressive, nonaggressive, favorable, amicable, unthreatening

5. hostile, 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, inimical

   Antonyms:
   friendly, well-meaning, amicable, reconcilable, unaggressive, unthreatening, hospitable, well-disposed, favorable, nonaggressive

6. hostileadjective

   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, unfriendly

   Antonyms:
   friendly, favorable, well-meaning, nonaggressive, amicable, unaggressive, hospitable, well-disposed, reconcilable, unthreatening

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1. hostileadjective

   Synonyms:
   inimical, unfriendly, warlike, at variance

2. hostileadjective

   Synonyms:
   adverse, opposite, contrary, repugnant

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1. hostileadjective

   Synonyms:
   antagonistic, inimical, unfriendly, repugnant, adverse

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1. List of paraphrases for "hostile":

   hostility, unfriendly, antagonistic, enemy, inimical, hostilities, aggressive, enmity, -hostile, antagonism, animosity, rival, opposing, belligerent, adversarial, harsh, adverse, anti, inhospitable

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1. Sparky Sparkman:

   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.

2. Russell Baker:

   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.

3. Wumi Afruyi:

   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.

4. John Andrew Holmes:

   The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it unfriendly. It is simply indifferent.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   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.