Hostile(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.
Hostile(n.) An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
Hostilely(adv.) In a hostile manner.
Hostilities(pl. ) of Hostility
Hostility(n.) State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
Hostility(n.) An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.
Hostilize(v. t.) To make hostile; to cause to become an enemy.
Words within hostileness