hostile
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /hɒstaɪl/
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- Rhymes: -ɒstəl
[edit] Adjective
hostile (comparative more hostile, superlative most hostile)
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- 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
- a hostile force
- hostile intentions
- a hostile country
- hostile to a sudden change
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belonging or appropriate to an enemy
[edit] Noun
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hostile (plural hostiles)
- An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
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