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hostility - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hostility' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hostility [ n.]
- State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.
- An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.

Meaning of 'hostility' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hostility [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the feeling of a hostile person
Example in sentence:
  • he could no longer contain his hostility
Meaning (2):
- a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
Example in sentence:
  • he could not conceal his hostility

Nearby Words:

hosanna hosannas hose hosen hosier hosiery hospice hospitable hospitableness hospitably

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