hostility
1Hostility — (also called inimicality) is a form of angry internal rejection or denial in psychology. It is a part of personal construct psychology, developed by George Kelly. In everyday speech it is more commonly used as a synonym for anger and… …
2Hostility — Hos*til i*ty, n.; pl. {Hostilities}. [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilit[ e].] 1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. [1913 Webster] Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward. [1913 Webster] 2. An act …
3hostility — index alienation (estrangement), argument (contention), belligerency, collision (dispute), conflict …
4hostility — early 15c., from M.Fr. hostilité enmity (15c.), or directly from L.L. hostilitatem (nom. hostilitas) enmity, from L. hostilis, from hostis enemy (see GUEST (Cf. guest)). Hostilities in the sense of “warfare” attested from 1610s …
5hostility — *enmity, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, rancor, animus Analogous words: hatred, *hate: ill will, malevolence, malignity, malignancy, *malice: aggression, *attack: opposing or opposition, combating, resisting or resistance (see corresponding… …
6hostility — [n] antagonism, meanness abhorrence, aggression, animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bellicosity, belligerence, bitterness, detestation, disaffection, enmity, estrangement, grudge, hatred, ill will, inimicality, malevolence,… …
7hostility — [häs til′ə tē] n. pl. hostilities [Fr hostilité < LL hostilitas < L hostilis, HOSTILE] 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;… …
8hostility — noun 1 opposition/aggressive feelings or actions ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter (esp. BrE), considerable, deep, extreme, great, implacable ▪ downright, open …
9hostility — hos|til|i|ty [hɔˈstılıti US ha: ] n 1.) [U] when someone is unfriendly and full of anger towards another person hostility towards/between ▪ hostility towards foreigners hostility toward AmE ▪ hostility toward Jews open/outright hostility… …
10hostility — n. 1) to arouse, stir up hostility 2) to display, show hostility 3) to express; feel hostility 4) bitter, deep, profound; open hostility 5) hostility against, to, towards 6) hostility between * * * [hɒ stɪlɪtɪ] deep feel hostility open hostility …
