Hostility Definition

hŏ-stĭlĭ-tē
hostilities
noun
hostilities
A feeling of enmity, ill will, unfriendliness, etc.; antagonism.
Webster's New World
An expression of enmity and ill will; hostile act.
Webster's New World
A hostile act.
American Heritage
Open acts of war; warfare.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Hostility

Noun

Singular:
hostility
Plural:
hostilities

Origin of Hostility

  • From Middle French hostilité, from Late Latin hostilitas.

    From Wiktionary

Hostility Sentence Examples

  • The hostility in his voice and expression was unnerving.

  • Nothing was truly resolved except possibly the hostility between them.

  • Meanwhile France provided Italy with fresh cause for uneasiness by abating her hostility to Germany.

  • He probably didn't realize that his hostility toward Señor Medena was being transferred to Jonathan as anxiety.

  • The natives showed their usual hostility, killing all stragglers.

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