hostility
pronunciation
How to pronounce hostility in British English:
UK [hɒˈstɪləti]
How to pronounce hostility in American English:
US [hɑˈstɪləti]
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- Noun:
- a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
- a state of deep-seated ill-will
- the feeling of a hostile person
- violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
- acts of overt warfare
Word Origin
- hostility (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French hostilité "enmity" (15c.), or directly from Late Latin hostilitatem (nominative hostilitas) "enmity," from Latin hostilis, from hostis "enemy" (see guest). Hostilities in the sense of "warfare" attested from 1610s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. But here explosive hostility to the financial sector has emerged .
- 2. Many blame islam 's supposed innate hostility to science .
- 3. Hostility toward japan runs high in china .
- 4. The hostility between washington and beijing has escalated into something resembling trench warfare .
- 5. Anyone asking questions or taking photographs is viewed with suspicion , even hostility , though the films themselves are fairly benign .