Everybody took a hostile attitude toward illegal aliens.
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Hostile
/ˈhɒstaɪl/
Synonyms for "hostile" (280 found)
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Closest matches (56)
acridadversaryadversativeadverseadversiveagainstaggressivealienallergicantagonisticantiantipatheticantitheticantitheticalantonymousargumentativeat cross purposesat cross-purposesat loggerheadsat odds
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Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (84)
coldcollidingcombativecompensatingcompetitiveconconflictingconfrontingcontentiouscontradictingcontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrarycontrastedconversecountercounteractantcounteracting
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counteractivecounterbalancingcounterpoisedcountervailingcounterworkingcrankycrosscrotchetydead againstdefiantdespitefuldetrimentaldifferingdifficultdimdisaccordantdisaffecteddisagreeabledisagreeingdisapprovingdiscordantdiscrepantdisenchanteddisharmoniousdisinclineddispleaseddisproportionatedissentientdissidentdissonantdivergentdourenemyeyeball to eyeballferociousfiercefightingforbiddingfractiousfull of fightfull of hategauntgratinghardharmfulhatefulhawkishill
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (140)
Adjective(9 words)
ill dispositiontransphobicuncongenialunfavorable conditionunfriendlierunfriendliestunfriendlyunwelcoming climateunwelcoming reception
immisciblein oppositioninaccordantincompatibleinconsistentindisposedinharmoniousinhospitableinimicalinversejanglingjarringjaundicedjingojingoishjingoistjingoisticloathmalevolentmalicious
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malignmalignantmartialmeanmilitantmilitaristicmilitarymiserablenegativenonconformistnoncooperativenot charmednot easyobstinateobverseoffensiveominousopponentopposedopposingoppositeoppositionoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantout of accordout of whackoverthwartperversepolarpugnaciousput offquarrelsomerancorousreactionaryrecalcitrantrefractoryrenitentrepugnantresentfulresistantreverserevolutionaryrigorousrivalsaber-rattlingsanguinarysanguineoussavagescrappyset againstseveresinistersoldierlikesoldierlysoresourspitefulsquared offstressfulsullentrigger happytrigger-happytroublesometroubloustruculenttryinguglyuncongenialuncooperativeunfavorableunfriendlyunharmoniousunpacificunpeaceableunpeacefulunpropitiousunsocialunsympatheticuntowardvariantvenomousvirulentvitriolicwarlikewarmongeringwarringwretched
Adjective(10 words)
Noun(12 words)
inimicalmost unwelcomingopponentquarrellingraidingrejectingscowlingshouting matchthreateningunfriendlyunfriendly personunwelcoming
Verb(1 words)
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13 entriesadverse workplaceaggressivenessantagonismarchenemyarmed posturebelligerencebullycombat readinessmilitary foepolitical rivaltoxic environmenttroublemakerunfriendly climate
Collocations
10 entrieshostile actionhostile attitudehostile climatehostile environmenthostile partyhostile relationshostile stancehostile takeoverhostile territoryhostile witness
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
3 entriessimilar
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice.
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The Soviet Union took a hostile attitude toward us.
Source: tatoeba (41257)
I see that I am surrounded by hostile faces.
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