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Hostile

//ˈhɒstaɪl//

Synonyms for "hostile" (232 found)

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Informal (22)

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

mean savage con dim

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

hard bitter ill

Adj, adv, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(4 words)

wretched scrappy out of whack bloody-minded

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(2 words)

miserable caustic

Adj, noun, prep, slang(1 words)

General use (210)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(2 words)

reverse contrary

Adj, name(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb(14 words)

sour perverse grating rival sullen clashing fighting forbidding jarring inverse trying differing battling saber-rattling

Adj, noun(35 words)

offensive contradictory nonconformist reactionary resistant militant disagreeable discordant belligerent breakaway aggressive incompatible refractory malignant chilly obverse recalcitrant dour dissident variant

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military sanguinary discrepant polar opponent allergic detrimental defiant dissentient chauvinist adversative oppugnant antithetic oppositive jingoist

Adjective(85 words)

obstinate rigorous divergent inconsistent irreconcilable cranky sinister repugnant antagonistic incompatible ominous unfriendly virulent untoward ferocious fractious unfavorable venomous inimical conflicting

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Adj, adv, noun, prep(2 words)

opposite overthwart

Noun(4 words)

opposition jingo contrapositive counteractant

Adj, name, noun, verb(3 words)

alien converse warring

Adj, verb(19 words)

put off opposing difficult malign disproportionate conflicting opposed jaundiced averse displeased contrasted loath compensating confronting disinclined disenchanted countervailing disaffected disapproving

Conj, prep(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

Adjective(2 words)

unfriendly uncongenial

Noun, verb(8 words)

enemy balancing disagreeing counterbalancing warmongering jangling colliding contradicting

Prep_phrase(5 words)

at odds at variance at war at cross-purposes at loggerheads

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Name, noun(1 words)

at cross purposes bloody minded in opposition not easy out of accord full of fight full of hate not charmed

Adj, adv(2 words)

eyeball to eyeball soldierly

Verb(5 words)

counterworking set against counterpoised counteracting squared off

Preposition(1 words)

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