hostile

Meanings

Plural: hostiles

Noun

• troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
  • "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles"
• An enemy.

Adjective

• characterized by enmity or ill will
  • "a hostile nation"
  • "a hostile remark"
  • "hostile actions"
• not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
  • "hostile naval and air forces"

Adjective Satellite

• impossible to bring into friendly accord
  • "hostile factions"
• very unfavorable to life or growth
  • "a hostile climate"
• unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
  • "hostile takeover"
  • "hostile tender offer"
  • "hostile bid"

Adj

• Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
• Aggressive; antagonistic.
• Unwilling.
• Being or relating to a hostile takeover.

Synonyms

adverse, antagonistic, conflicting, contentious, counteracting, hateful, hostile, incompatible, inharmonious, inimical, irreconcilable, opposed, repugnant, unbefriending, uncongenial, unfriendly, unharmonious, unpartial

Antonyms

amicable, cooperative, friendly, helpful

Related Words

host, hostilely, hostility

Anagrams of hostile