What is another word for hostility?
Synonyms for hostility
hɒˈstɪl ɪ tihos·til·i·ty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, uncongenialityAntonyms:
affinity, agreement, attraction, congeniality, fellow-feeling, harmony, kindliness, regard, sympathyPreposition:
Antipathy to (less frequently for or against) a person or thing; antipathy between or betwixt two persons or things.
Princeton's WordNet
hostility, ill willnoun
a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
"he could not conceal his hostility"
Synonyms:
aggression, enmity, ill will, antagonismhostility, enmity, antagonismnoun
a state of deep-seated ill-will
Synonyms:
aggression, enmity, ill will, antagonismhostility, enmity, ill willnoun
the feeling of a hostile person
"he could no longer contain his hostility"
Synonyms:
aggression, enmity, ill will, antagonismaggression, hostilitynoun
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Synonyms:
aggression, enmity, ill will, aggressiveness, antagonism
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hostilitynoun
Synonyms:
enmity, animosity, hatred, unfriendliness, ill-willhostilitynoun
Synonyms:
opposition, repugnance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hostilitynoun
Synonyms:
enmity, animosity, unfriendliness, opposition, warfare, aggression
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5349 | opposition | |
#7724 | runner | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#13325 | hatred | |
#15217 | aggression | |
#17397 | dislike | |
#21810 | hostility | |
#28532 | disgust | |
#29456 | aversion | |
#32721 | feud | |
#41216 | sprinter | |
#48333 | antagonism | |
#48768 | animosity | |
#50674 | enmity | |
#53901 | repulsion | |
#56257 | aggressiveness | |
#61578 | distaste | |
#78152 | antipathy | |
#103154 | abhorrence | |
#143011 | repugnance | |
#206995 | detestation |
How to use hostility in a sentence?
The President has never really come to grips with the entire list of active hostility against the United States by the Russian Federation directed by President Vladimir Putins, i would not go forward with this thing.
There are no borders, no walls, there are no actual gates, but we know that there is gate keeping that goes on -- whether it's with the police or just the way commercial and retail operations treat you. You live the isolation, the racial prejudice, the hostility in all kinds of ways.
I would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to Roe v. Wade.
Judge Gorsuch has repeatedly sided with corporations over working people, demonstrated a hostility toward women’s rights, and most troubling, hewed to an ideological approach to jurisprudence that makes me skeptical that he can be a strong, independent Justice on the Court.
We have seen for a while now that there is a real hostility toward the ideas of free market principles, toward American exceptionalism, toward our founding fathers and founding documents, we have fallen so far [from core American principles] that this sort of law is unfortunately necessary.
Translations for hostility
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- düşmənçilikAzerbaijani
- বিবাদBengali
- fjendtlighedDanish
- FeindseligkeitGerman
- εχθρικότητα, εχθροπραξία, εχθρότηταGreek
- hostilidadSpanish
- hostilitéFrench
- permusuhanIndonesian
- ostilitàItalian
- 敵意Japanese
- 적대감, 적의Korean
- whakaririMāori
- vijandigheid, vijandschap, hostiliteit, vijandelijkheidDutch
- hostilidadePortuguese
- dușmănie, ostilitateRomanian
- вражда, неприятие, враждебность, враждебный актRussian
- fientlighetSwedish
- düşmanlıkTurkish
- дошманлыкTatar
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