hostile
UK/ˈhɒstaɪl//ˈhɑstəl/
hostile adjective: not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
Adjective
hostile (comparative more hostile, superlative most hostile)
- Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
- a hostile force
- hostile intentions
- Synonyms:
- inimical, unfriendly
- Aggressive; antagonistic.
- Unwilling.
- Being or relating to a hostile takeover.
- Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo! as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
Noun
hostile (plural hostiles)
- An enemy.
- The Japanese got their attack in first. About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise). Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were...2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 10:55 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022
hostile meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hostile in Hindi
- belonging or appropriate to an enemy
- शत्रुतापूर्ण śatrutāpūrṇ, अहित ahit, अपकारी apkārī
- antagonistic
- शत्रुतापूर्ण śatrutāpūrṇ, अहित ahit, अपकारी apkārī
hostile in Tamil
- எதிரான, பகையுணர்வு, எதிர்ப்பான, பகைமையான
hostile in Marathi
- hostile, inimical
- वैरी vairī
- hostile
- वाकडे vākḍe
hostile in Urdu
- دشمنانہ, لڑائی پر درپے
More languagesFewer languages
- hostile in Bengali
- বিরোধী birōdhi
- hostile in Malayalam
- വിരോധി virōdhi
- hostile in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿಕೂಲವಾದ, ಕಂಡರಾಗದ, ಶತ್ರುವಿನ, ಹಗೆಯ
- hostile in Punjabi
- ਲਾਗੂ lāgū
- hostile in Gujarati
- વેરી verī
- hostile in Odia
- ଶତ୍ରୁତାପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ
- hostile in Sanskrit
- वैर váira, द्विष् dvíṣ
- hostile in Nepali
- शत्रुतापूर्ण
- hostile in Arabic
- مُعَادِي muʕādī
Examples of hostile in a sentence
- Typically, a hostile mob will add whenever it's within the aggro radius of a player.
- Get your guns ready: intel said there'd be no hostiles in the area, but it looks like we've got company.
- The suspects' hostile interrogation amounted to a public crucifixion.
Synonyms of hostile
- inimical
- unfriendly
- antagonistic
- hateful
- adverse
- conflicting
- contentious
- counteracting
- incompatible
- inharmonious
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Antonyms
Forms of hostile
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more hostile |
| superlative | most hostile |
| Noun | |
| plural | hostiles |
Origin of hostile
Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ.
Words formed from hostile
Phrases with hostile
Words that rhyme with hostile
Questions about hostile
- What does hostile mean?
- Hostile means not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
- What is hostile in Hindi?
- Hostile in Hindi is शत्रुतापूर्ण (śatrutāpūrṇ), अहित (ahit), अपकारी (apkārī). See Hostile meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hostile?
- Hostile can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce hostile?
- Hostile is pronounced /ˈhɒstaɪl/ (UK).
Words near hostile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hostile (page history and authors); hostile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वाकडे (Marathi) (page history and authors); hostile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বিরোধী (Bengali) (page history and authors); വിരോധി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); hostile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਲਾਗੂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); વેરી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); hostile (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); द्विष् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); hostile (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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