Hostile

What do we mean by hostile?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy. adjective

Feeling or showing enmity or ill will. adjective

Being in opposition; opposed. adjective

Unfavorable to health or well-being; inhospitable or adverse. adjective

An antagonistic person or thing. noun

An enemy in warfare. noun

Of or pertaining to an enemy: as, hostile ground.

Of inimical character or tendency; having or exhibiting enmity or antagonism; antagonistic: as, a hostile manifesto; hostile criticism.

Synonyms Averse, Adverse, Inimical, Hostile; unfriendly, warlike. Averse applies to feeling, adverse to action: as, I was very averse to his going; an adverse vote; adverse fortune. Inimical expresses both feeling and action, generally in private affairs. Hostile also expresses both feeling and action, but applies especially to public affairs; where it applies to private matters, it expresses either strong or conspicuous action or feeling, or both, or all.

An enemy: specifically, in the United States, a hostile Indian; an Indian who is engaged in warfare against the whites. noun

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 adjective

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

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 adjective

An enemy. noun

Unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) adjective

Troops belonging to the enemy's military forces noun

Characterized by enmity or ill will adjective

Very unfavorable to life or growth adjective

Impossible to bring into friendly accord adjective

Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally adjective

(chiefly in the plural) An enemy.

Words that are spelled similarly to hostile:
hostile, hastile, hostie, hostil.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hostile:
takeover, sexism, natives, attitude, indians, aliens, environment, alien, bid, reception, intentions, bias, creatures, towards, toward, enemy, crowd, intent, friendly, enemies, radar, territory, witness, reaction, fire, settlers, regime.

Words that rhyme with hostile:
style, file, trial, profile, while, reconcile, versatile, aisle, erstwhile, vile, pile, guile, awhile, mile, compile, isle, smile, lifestyle, exile, beguile, tactile, meanwhile, revile, juvenile, gentile, dial, tile, idlewild, bile, senile, rile, worthwhile, oenophile, textile, fertile, stile, nile, hostel, argyle, wile, mercantile, crocodile, pyle, hairstyle, turnstile, anglophile, heil, zile, spile, stockpile, gile, immobile, percentile, freestyle, quintile, kyle, phile, cheil, chyle, sundial, carlisle, weil, francophile, carlyle, pentecostal, peristyle, costal, marseille, scyle, refile, phyle, rank and file, argyll, postil, hile, nautical mile, crile, niall, lyle, corbeil, hyle, wastel, seil, mikhail, restyle, life style, old style, text file, artistic style, in style, wyle, weill, once in a while, roofing tile, lile, for a while, rostel, youth hostel, delisle, blunt file.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hostile:
first, little, least, long, political, public, most, general, worst, whole, more, deadly, foreign, much, strong, main, less, highest, military, european, wise, very, french, powerful, south, strange, friendly, conservative, democratic, venomous, liberal, unconscious, bottom, republican, hasty, cervical, secret, popular, chinese, independent, official, front, alien, intellectual, aggressive, priori, evil, irish, formidable, non, slightest, loudest, reactionary, outside, arab, communist, plain.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hostile:
environment, attitude, indians, forces, world, feelings, tribes, country, camps, armies, territory, force, army, intentions, act, action, criticism, acts, power, powers, reaction, parties, environments, feeling, reception, elements, fire, critics, attitudes, intent, groups, takeovers, behavior, takeover, attack, manner, nations, demonstrations, relations, fleet, impulses, factions, actions, reactions, crowd, camp, states, population, attacks, spirit, eyes, natives, witness, propaganda, demonstration, atmosphere, climate, tribe, party, response, aircraft, audience, operations, neighbors, troops, designs, measures, land, press, fleets, aggression, invasion, array, majority, critic, relationship, ships, opinion, movements, bands, nation, legislation, hands, neighbours, tone, preparations, savages.

Consonant match to hostile:
hostel, high style.

Words that sound like hostile:
hostile, hostel, hostil, hastile, hostiles, hostels, hottle, high style, hosteller, postel, dostal, kostal, kostel, housel, westall, wastel, hustle, hassle, hastily, hussle, hassel, hasta, costal, hosta, hassell, hittle, hoddle, hartle, hessel, hatel, hostie, hostas, hasteful, hartel, hisel, heisel, hysell, hartl, hartal, hiatal, headstall, hasl, hyetal, haastia, pistol, postal, coastal, hosting, castel, pistil, distal, hasting, castile, hoisting, husting, pistel, castell, bestill, pestel, distel, heisting, mistel, kastel, listel, mistal, kestel, liestal, mistell, hotel, hostage, hasel, hotell, houseful, haswell, horsetail, horse tail, wattle, west hall, hasty, bastille, distill, hairstyle, hata, distil, haskell, hastie, hair style, castille, hadal, bastile, be still, hasa, hasti, hardel, haskel, hascall, haston, haydel, haspel, haast.