hostility

1. n. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. Source: opted

2. n. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. Source: opted

3. n. a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition Source: wordnet

4. n. a state of deep-seated ill-will Source: wordnet

5. n. the feeling of a hostile person Source: wordnet

6. n. violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked Source: wordnet

7. 1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. Hostility being thus suspended with France. Hayward. 2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity. Atterbury. He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. Crabb. Syn. -- Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare. Source: webster

8. n:100 n. a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition n. a state of deep-seated ill-will n. the feeling of a hostile person Source: ecdict

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