Hostility

//hɒˈstɪlɪti//

Synonyms for "hostility" (167 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (50)

Noun(2 words)
combatfighting

Related words (83)

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

1 entries

at location

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derived

3 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

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Translations

126 translations across 66 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • vyandigheid noun (state of being hostile)
  • vyandigheid noun (hostile action, especially a military action)

Albanian

1 entries
  • armiqësi noun (state of being hostile)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἔχθρα noun (state of being hostile)

Arabic

2 entries
  • عَدَاء noun (state of being hostile)
  • عَدَاوَة noun (state of being hostile)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թշնամություն noun (state of being hostile)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • düşmənçilik noun (state of being hostile)
  • ədavət noun (state of being hostile)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • варажне́ча noun (state of being hostile)
  • варо́жасць noun (state of being hostile)
  • непрыя́знасць noun (state of being hostile)

Bengali

3 entries
  • বিবাদ noun (state of being hostile)
  • বিবাদ noun (hostile action, especially a military action)
  • শত্রুতা noun (state of being hostile)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • вражда́ noun (state of being hostile)
  • вражде́бност noun (state of being hostile)
  • неприя́зън noun (state of being hostile)

Catalan

2 entries
  • hostilitat noun (state of being hostile)
  • hostilitat noun (hostile action, especially a military action)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 敵意 /敌意 noun (state of being hostile)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • вражьда noun (state of being hostile)

Czech

1 entries
  • nepřátelství noun (state of being hostile)

Danish

1 entries
  • fjendtlighed noun (state of being hostile)

Dutch

4 entries
  • hostiliteit noun (state of being hostile)
  • vijandelijkheid noun (hostile action, especially a military action)
  • vijandigheid noun (state of being hostile)
  • vijandigheid noun (hostile action, especially a military action)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malamikeco noun (state of being hostile)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vaenulikkus noun (state of being hostile)

Finnish

3 entries
  • sotatoimi noun (hostile action, especially a military action)
  • vihamielinen teko noun (hostile action, especially a military action)
  • vihamielisyys noun (state of being hostile)

French

1 entries
  • hostilité noun (state of being hostile)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მტრობა noun (state of being hostile)

German

2 entries
  • Feindschaft noun (state of being hostile)
  • Feindseligkeit noun (state of being hostile)

Greek

3 entries
  • εχθρικότητα noun (state of being hostile)
  • εχθροπραξία noun (hostile action, especially a military action)
  • εχθρότητα noun (state of being hostile)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אֵיבָה noun (state of being hostile)

Hindi

3 entries
  • बैर noun (state of being hostile)
  • वैर noun (state of being hostile)
  • शत्रुता noun (state of being hostile)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • ellenségeskedés noun (state of being hostile)
  • viszály noun (state of being hostile)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • fjandskapur noun (state of being hostile)
  • óvild noun (state of being hostile)
  • óvinátta noun (state of being hostile)

Italian

1 entries
  • ostilità noun (state of being hostile)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 事変 noun (hostile action, especially a military action)
  • 敵対 noun (state of being hostile)
  • 敵意 noun (state of being hostile)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • дұшпандық noun (state of being hostile)
  • ғадауат noun (state of being hostile)
  • қастық noun (state of being hostile)

Korean

2 entries
  • 적대 noun (state of being hostile)
  • 적의 noun (state of being hostile)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • душмандык noun (state of being hostile)
  • кастык noun (state of being hostile)

Latin

1 entries
  • hostīlitās noun (state of being hostile)

Latvian

1 entries
  • ienaids noun (state of being hostile)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • priešiškumas noun (state of being hostile)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • непријателство noun (state of being hostile)

Malay

2 entries
  • permusuhan noun (state of being hostile)
  • pertempuran noun (hostile action, especially a military action)

Middle English

1 entries
  • yvel wille noun (state of being hostile)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • дайсагнал noun (state of being hostile)
  • ᠳᠠᠶᠢᠰᠤᠩᠨᠠᠯ noun (state of being hostile)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakariri noun (state of being hostile)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • dijminatî noun (state of being hostile)
  • neyarî noun (state of being hostile)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • fiendtlighet noun (state of being hostile)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ostilitat noun (state of being hostile)

Old English

1 entries
  • fēondlīcnes noun (state of being hostile)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • خصومت noun (state of being hostile)
  • دشمنلك noun (state of being hostile)
  • عداوت noun (state of being hostile)
  • عداوه noun (state of being hostile)

Pashto

2 entries
  • دښمني noun (state of being hostile)
  • عداوت noun (state of being hostile)

Persian

3 entries
  • خصومت noun (state of being hostile)
  • دشمنی noun (state of being hostile)
  • عداوت noun (state of being hostile)

Polish

2 entries
  • nieprzyjaźń noun (state of being hostile)
  • wrogość noun (state of being hostile)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • hostilidade noun (state of being hostile)

Romanian

2 entries
  • dușmănie noun (state of being hostile)
  • ostilitate noun (state of being hostile)

Russian

4 entries
  • вражда́ noun (state of being hostile)
  • вражде́бность noun (state of being hostile)
  • вражде́бный акт noun (hostile action, especially a military action)
  • неприя́знь noun (state of being hostile)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • इरस् noun (state of being hostile)
  • द्वेषस् noun (state of being hostile)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • neprijatèljstvo noun (state of being hostile)
  • непријатѐљство noun (state of being hostile)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nepriateľstvo noun (state of being hostile)

Slovene

1 entries
  • sovrȃštvo noun (state of being hostile)

Spanish

2 entries
  • hostilidad noun (state of being hostile)
  • hostilidad noun (hostile action, especially a military action)

Swahili

1 entries
  • uadui noun (state of being hostile)

Swedish

1 entries
  • fientlighet noun (state of being hostile)

Tajik

3 entries
  • адоват noun (state of being hostile)
  • душманӣ noun (state of being hostile)
  • хусумат noun (state of being hostile)

Tatar

1 entries
  • дошманлык noun (state of being hostile)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • sanuññe noun (state of being hostile)

Turkish

4 entries
  • adavet noun (state of being hostile)
  • düşmanlık noun (state of being hostile)
  • hasımlık noun (state of being hostile)
  • husumet noun (state of being hostile)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • duşmançylyk noun (state of being hostile)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • воро́жість noun (state of being hostile)
  • ворожда́ noun (state of being hostile)
  • ворожне́ча noun (state of being hostile)
  • непри́язнь noun (state of being hostile)

Urdu

2 entries
  • دشمنی noun (state of being hostile)
  • عداوت noun (state of being hostile)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • دۈشمەنلىك noun (state of being hostile)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • adovat noun (state of being hostile)
  • dushmanlik noun (state of being hostile)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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I have no personal hostility to the system.

Source: tatoeba (45965)

Hostility was replaced by love.

Source: tatoeba (278691)

I'm sensing a little hostility here.

Source: tatoeba (3723223)

I'm sensing a lot of hostility.

Source: tatoeba (3730217)

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