Hostile

//ˈhɒstaɪl//

Synonyms for "hostile" (239 found)

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Adjective(2 words)
uncongenialunfriendly

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Antonyms

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Translations

75 translations across 42 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • armiqësor adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • δάϊος adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • δυσμενής adj (antagonistic)
  • πολέμιος adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • ἀνάρσιος adj (antagonistic)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُعَادِي adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • варо́жы adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • варо́жы adj (antagonistic)
  • во́ражы adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вра́жески adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • вражде́бен adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • вражде́бен adj (antagonistic)
  • неприя́телски adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Catalan

1 entries
  • hostil adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 懷敵意的 /怀敌意的 adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • 敵對的 /敌对的 adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Czech

1 entries
  • nepřátelský adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vijandig adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • malamika adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • malamika adj (antagonistic)
  • malamikema adj (antagonistic)

Finnish

1 entries
  • vihamielinen adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

French

1 entries
  • hostile adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

German

4 entries
  • antagonistisch adj (antagonistic)
  • feindlich adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • feindselig adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • gegnerisch adj (antagonistic)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 adj (antagonistic)

Greek

2 entries
  • εχθρικός adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • εχθρικός adj (antagonistic)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עוֹיֵן adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Hindi

2 entries
  • शत्रुतापूर्ण adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • शत्रुतापूर्ण adj (antagonistic)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ellenséges adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 敵の adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • 敵対的 adj (antagonistic)
  • 敵対的な adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ғадауатты adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • ғадауатты adj (antagonistic)

Korean

1 entries
  • 적대적인 adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Latin

3 entries
  • alienus adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • hostilis adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • infestus adj (antagonistic)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • непријателски adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Māori

1 entries
  • taraweti adj (antagonistic)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • fiendtlig adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • fiendtleg adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ostil adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Old English

2 entries
  • fēondlīċ adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • fēondlīċ adj (antagonistic)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • fientlich adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • fientlich adj (antagonistic)

Polish

1 entries
  • wrogi adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • hostil adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Quechua

1 entries
  • awqa adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Romanian

1 entries
  • ostil adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Russian

4 entries
  • вра́жеский adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • вражде́бный adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • вражде́бный adj (antagonistic)
  • неприя́тельский adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • eucairdeach adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • nàimhdeach adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • nàimhdeil adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • neprijatèljskī adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • непријатѐљскӣ adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nepriateľský adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Slovene

1 entries
  • sovražen adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Spanish

1 entries
  • hostil adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Swedish

1 entries
  • fientlig adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • erkatte adj (antagonistic)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • воро́жий adj (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
  • воро́жий adj (antagonistic)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Everybody took a hostile attitude toward illegal aliens.

Source: tatoeba (22130)

When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice.

Source: tatoeba (25720)

The Soviet Union took a hostile attitude toward us.

Source: tatoeba (41257)

I see that I am surrounded by hostile faces.

Source: tatoeba (56110)

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