Synonyms for hostility

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ho-stil-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : hɒˈstɪl ɪ ti

Top 10 synonyms for hostility

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Définition of hostility

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French hostilité "enmity" (15c.), or directly from Late Latin hostilitatem (nominative hostilitas) "enmity," from Latin hostilis, from hostis "enemy" (see guest). Hostilities in the sense of "warfare" attested from 1610s.

noun antagonism, meanness

Example sentences :

There she always finishes her hostility by making some solid acquisition.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

There is hostility to it still, but mild as compared with that felt by our great-great-grandfathers.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

The hostility to this seemingly harmless teaching was of the most intense.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Instantly, Martin's cordiality vanished; his hostility toward her surged.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

All the animals in the creation are more or less in a state of hostility with each other.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Yet again the feeling that was almost like hostility returned.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

How are we to account for a hostility so determined, and that can stoop so low?
Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller

There was never a hint of hostility, never a trace of resentment or envy.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Of these was Wolverstone, who at once proclaimed his hostility.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

The only agents were your uncle's hostility and his own obstinacy which would not study compromise.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

Antonyms for hostility

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