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hostileness

hostileness noun: the quality of being hostile.

Noun

hostileness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being hostile.

Origin of hostileness

From hostile + -ness.

Questions about hostileness

What does hostileness mean?
Hostileness means the quality of being hostile.
What part of speech is hostileness?
Hostileness is a noun.

Words near hostileness in the dictionary

  1. hostile takeovers
  2. hostile vehicle
  3. hostile witness
  4. hostile witnesses
  5. hostilely
  6. hostileness
  7. hostiles
  8. hostilities
  9. hostility
  10. hostilize
  11. hostilized

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