hostility

[ ho-stil-i-tee ]

/ hɒˈstɪl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural hos·til·i·ties.

a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.

a hostile act.

opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc.

hostilities,

acts of warfare.
war¹.

OTHER WORDS FOR hostility

1 animosity, animus, ill will, hatred.

4 fighting, conflict.

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OPPOSITES FOR hostility

1 friendliness.

4 peace.

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Origin of hostility

1375–1425; late Middle English hostilite<Latin hostīlitās.See hostile, -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM hostility

non·hos·til·i·ty, nouno·ver·hos·til·i·ty, nounpre·hos·til·i·ty, noun, plural pre·hos·til·i·ties.sem·i·hos·til·i·ty, noun

How to use hostility in a sentence

But with the outbreak of hostilities in mid-2011, all festivities were thrust into the deep freeze.
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But concern about the lake is fuelling hostilities that could prove problematic for the government and investors.
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Then he tried to claim there were no “hostilities” in Libya, to nullify the War Powers Resolution.
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They wrote a campaign platform that called, “after four years of failure to restore the Union,” for “a cessation of hostilities.”
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And aside from prisoner exchanges, there is of course the matter of ending hostilities in the first place.
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He graduated at Yale college, and at the commencement of hostilities was appointed to the chief command of the Connecticut troops.
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The rebel general opportunely arrived in Singapore at or about the time of the outbreak of American-Spanish hostilities.
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His good sense showed him how large an element of injustice entered into these hostilities.
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Capitulation of the city of Canton, which had forfeited previous stipulations with the British and resumed hostilities.
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But this did not prevent the continuance of hostilities in Brazil, and the other foreign possessions of Portugal.
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British Dictionary definitions for hostility

hostility

/ (hɒˈstɪlɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

enmity or antagonism

an act expressing enmity or opposition

(plural) fighting; warfare

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