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Complete Definition of "hostile"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/hɒstaɪl/
audio|en-us-hostile.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɒstəl|-ɒstəl

Adjective
en-adj

  1. 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

#: a hostile force
#: hostile intentions
#: a hostile country
#: hostile to a sudden change

Translations
trans-top|belonging or appropriate to an enemy
Albanian: armiqësor
Czech: nepřátelský m
Dutch: vijandig, vijandige
German: feindlich
trans-mid
Japanese: 敵対的 (tekitai-teki)
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Noun
en-noun

  1. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.

Translations
trans-top|an enemy
Albanian: armiqësor
trans-mid
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ttbc|Chinese: 敵方的
mid

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