'Hostile' definitions:
Definition of 'hostile'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions" [ant: amicable]
adjective
Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces" [ant: friendly]
adjective
Impossible to bring into friendly accord; "hostile factions"
adjective
Very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes" [syn: hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly]
adjective
Unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"
noun
Troops belonging to the enemy's military forces; "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles" [ant: friendly]
Definition of 'Hostile'
From: GCIDE
- Hostile \Hos"tile\, a. [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile. See Host an army.] Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
- Syn: Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hostile'
From: GCIDE
- Hostile \Hos"tile\, n. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] --P. H. Sheridan. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hostile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acrid,
- adversary,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adversive,
- against,
- aggressive,
- alien,
- allergic,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- antonymous,
- argumentative,
- at cross-purposes,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- at war,
- averse,
- balancing,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bitter,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- breakaway,
- caustic,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- clashing,
- cold,
- colliding,
- combative,
- compensating,
- competitive,
- con,
- conflicting,
- confronting,
- contentious,
- contradicting,
- contradictory,
- contradistinct,
- contrapositive,
- contrarious,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- converse,
- counter,
- counteractant,
- counteracting,
- counteractive,
- counterbalancing,
- counterpoised,
- countervailing,
- counterworking,
- cranky,
- cross,
- crotchety,
- dead against,
- despiteful,
- detrimental,
- differing,
- difficult,
- dim,
- disaccordant,
- disaffected,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- disapproving,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- disenchanted,
- disharmonious,
- disinclined,
- displeased,
- disproportionate,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- dissonant,
- divergent,
- dour,
- enemy,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- fractious,
- full of fight,
- full of hate,
- grating,
- hard,
- harmful,
- hateful,
- hawkish,
- ill,
- immiscible,
- in opposition,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- inconsistent,
- inharmonious,
- inhospitable,
- inimical,
- inverse,
- jangling,
- jarring,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- loath,
- malevolent,
- malicious,
- malignant,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- miserable,
- negative,
- nonconformist,
- noncooperative,
- not charmed,
- not easy,
- obstinate,
- obverse,
- offensive,
- opponent,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- out of accord,
- out of whack,
- overthwart,
- perverse,
- pugnacious,
- put off,
- quarrelsome,
- rancorous,
- reactionary,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- renitent,
- repugnant,
- resistant,
- reverse,
- revolutionary,
- rigorous,
- rival,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- set against,
- sinister,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- sore,
- sour,
- spiteful,
- squared off,
- stressful,
- trigger-happy,
- troublesome,
- troublous,
- truculent,
- trying,
- uncongenial,
- uncooperative,
- unfavorable,
- unfriendly,
- unharmonious,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- unpropitious,
- unsympathetic,
- untoward,
- variant,
- venomous,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wretched