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Hostility

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Noun

1. hostility, ill will

a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

Example Sentences:
'he could not conceal his hostility'

2. antagonism, enmity, hostility

a state of deep-seated ill-will

3. enmity, hostility, ill will

the feeling of a hostile person

Example Sentences:
'he could no longer contain his hostility'

4. aggression, hostility

violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hostility

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noun plural -ties
1. 
enmity or antagonism
2. 
an act expressing enmity or opposition
3. (plural)
fighting; warfare

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Hostility

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nounWord forms: plural hosˈtilities
1. 
a feeling of enmity, ill will, unfriendliness, etc.; antagonism
2. 
a. 
an expression of enmity and ill will; hostile act
b.  [pl.]
open acts of war; warfare

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hostility

see synonyms of hostility
n. pl. hos·til·i·ties
1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See Synonyms at enmity.
2.
a. A hostile act.
b. hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.

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