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English noun: hostility | |||
| 1. | hostility (attribute) a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition | ||
| Samples | He could not conceal his hostility. | ||
| Synonyms | ill will | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unfriendliness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | virulence, virulency | ||
| 2. | hostility (state) a state of deep-seated ill-will | ||
| Synonyms | antagonism, enmity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cold war, latent hostility, state of war, suspicion, tension, war | ||
| Instance hyponym | Cold War | ||
| 3. | hostility (feeling) the feeling of a hostile person | ||
| Samples | He could no longer contain his hostility. | ||
| Synonyms | enmity, ill will | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hate, hatred | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aggression, aggressiveness, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad blood, belligerence, belligerency, bitterness, class feeling, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment | ||
| 4. | hostility (act) violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | ||
| Synonyms | aggression | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | force, meat grinder, pillage, pillaging, plundering, violence | ||
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