Hostility

What do we mean by hostility?

The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. synonym: enmity. noun

A hostile act. noun

Acts of war; overt warfare. noun

The state of being hostile; inimical feeling; antagonism. noun

Hostile action; open opposition by war or other means; especially, in the plural, acts of warfare. noun

A hostile act which follows a declaration of war. noun

Synonyms Animosity, Ill-will, Enmity (see animosity); unfriendliness, opposition, violence, aggression. noun

War, fighting. noun

State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. noun

An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. See hostilities noun

The state of being hostile. noun

A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition. noun

A hostile (very unfriendly) disposition noun

A state of deep-seated ill-will noun

The feeling of a hostile person noun

Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked noun

The state of being hostile.

A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

Words that are spelled similarly to hostility:
hostility, motility, hostilely, hostilize, tortility.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hostility:
toward, towards, hatred, prejudice, aggression, jews, communism, persecution, racism, hostile, natives, anger, christianity, clergy, discrimination, violence, threats, islam, regime, religion, perceived, protestant, settlers, immigrants, fear, violent, religious.

Words that rhyme with hostility:
facility, humility, liability, responsibility, ability, utility, capability, sustainability, agility, tranquility, stability, credibility, feasibility, possibility, vulnerability, disability, availability, volatility, viability, mobility, probability, reliability, sensibility, compatibility, accessibility, civility, flexibility, nobility, futility, motility, culpability, versatility, visibility, permeability, eligibility, docility, affordability, fertility, senility, irritability, applicability, gullibility, debility, durability, instability, virility, inability, adaptability, variability, plausibility, gentility, susceptibility, portability, readability, profitability, fragility, acceptability, legibility, sterility, dependability, suitability, inevitability, incompatibility, ductility, fallibility, desirability, malleability, unavailability, predictability, incivility, infertility, amiability, maneuverability, infallibility, comparability, impossibility, respectability, survivability, advisability, irresponsibility, marketability, invulnerability, immobility, palatability, deniability, enforceability, invincibility, admissibility, comprehensibility, mental ability, unpredictability, believability, flammability, miscibility, invisibility, inaccessibility, inflexibility, learning ability, collectibility, transferability.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hostility:
open, bitter, mutual, active, outright, overt, much, personal, intense, general, public, considerable, racial, implacable, latent, deep, popular, extreme, strong, traditional, violent, direct, widespread, indian, uncompromising, arab, less, unconscious, fierce, deadly, continued, initial, repressed, actual, ethnic, intergroup, inveterate, undisguised, official, soviet, marked, determined, eternal, persistent, unrelenting, veiled, constant, covert, perpetual, apparent, downright, secret, unremitting, underlying, parental, concealed, ideological, cold, irreconcilable, universal, chinese, verbal, seated, avowed, armed, permanent, aggressive, suppressed, russian, male.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hostility:
dimension, guilt, scale, aggression, period, rejection, management, related, agg.

Consonant match to hostility:
haustellata.

Words that sound like hostility:
hostility, hostilities, docility, hostelry, hostilely, hospitality, histology, utility, hastily, posterity, motility, distillate, haecceity, hostetter, with hostility.