Thesaurus: hostile

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1. a. 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.
2. n. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
3. adj. characterized by enmity or ill will
4. adj. not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
5. adj. impossible to bring into friendly accord
6. adj. very unfavorable to life or growth
7. adj. unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
8. n. troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
9. 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. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] P. H. Sheridan.
10. Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the dispositionof an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwartand injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly;as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostileto a sudden change.
11. j:99/n:1 n. troops belonging to the enemy's military forces a. characterized by enmity or ill will a. not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally s. impossible to bring into friendly accord