HOSTILITY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • acts of overt warfare
   Synonym(s)
   • belligerency (what does belligerency mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the outbreak of hostilities
   Hypernyms(s) hostility is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • combat (what does combat mean?)
   • armed combat (what does armed combat mean?)
2. Meaning
   • violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
   Synonym(s)
   • aggression (what does aggression mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hostility is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • action (what does action mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • meat grinder (what does meat grinder mean?)
   • violence (what does violence mean?)
   • force (what does force mean?)
   • plundering (what does plundering mean?)
   • pillage (what does pillage mean?)
   • pillaging (what does pillaging mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • attack (what does attack mean?)
   • aggress (what does aggress mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
   Synonym(s)
   • ill will (what does ill will mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he could not conceal his hostility
   Hypernyms(s) hostility is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • unfriendliness (what does unfriendliness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • virulence (what does virulence mean?)
   • virulency (what does virulency mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the feeling of a hostile person
   Synonym(s)
   • enmity (what does enmity mean?)
   • ill will (what does ill will mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he could no longer contain his hostility
   Hypernyms(s) hostility is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hate (what does hate mean?)
   • hatred (what does hatred mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • animosity (what does animosity mean?)
   • animus (what does animus mean?)
   • bad blood (what does bad blood mean?)
   • class feeling (what does class feeling mean?)
   • antagonism (what does antagonism mean?)
   • aggression (what does aggression mean?)
   • aggressiveness (what does aggressiveness mean?)
   • belligerence (what does belligerence mean?)
   • belligerency (what does belligerency mean?)
   • resentment (what does resentment mean?)
   • bitterness (what does bitterness mean?)
   • gall (what does gall mean?)
   • rancor (what does rancor mean?)
   • rancour (what does rancour mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a state of deep-seated ill-will
   Synonym(s)
   • antagonism (what does antagonism mean?)
   • enmity (what does enmity mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hostility is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • state (what does state mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • latent hostility (what does latent hostility mean?)
   • tension (what does tension mean?)
   • war (what does war mean?)
   • state of war (what does state of war mean?)
   • suspicion (what does suspicion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • antagonize (what does antagonize mean?)
   • antagonise (what does antagonise mean?)
   • antagonize (what does antagonize mean?)
   • antagonise (what does antagonise mean?)