hostility
UK /hɒsˈtɪlɪti/ · US /hɑˈstɪlɪti/ noun
Forms hostilities
- noun (uncountable) The state of being hostile. “My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us.”
- noun (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
Synonyms
antagonism opposition enmity animosity antipathy hatred unfriendliness animus war fighting combat ill will aggression
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.
Webster’s 1913
- noun State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
- noun An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.
Etymology [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilité.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “hostility”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details