Synonyms of the word hostile


HOSTILEAGGRESSIVE - ANTAGONISTIC - ANTIPATHETIC - ANTIPATHETICAL - BELLIGERENT - BITTER - DIRTY - HATEFUL - HEAD-ON - ILL - INHOSPITABLE - INIMICAL - IRRECONCILABLE - OFFENSIVE - OPPONENT - OPPOSING - SOLDIERY - TROOPS - UNCONGENIAL - UNFAVORABLE - UNFAVOURABLE - UNFRIENDLY - UNPEACEFUL - UNRECONCILABLE - VIOLENT

hostile

  • adj. Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence,…
  • adj. Aggressive, antagonistic.
  • adj. Of a hostile takeover.
  • n. (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.

aggressive

  • adj. Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking.
  • adj. (programming) Of code optimization techniques: exploiting every opportunity to be applied.

antagonistic

  • adj. Contending or acting against.

antipathetic

  • adj. Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance.
  • adj. Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic.
  • adj. Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant.

antipathetical

  • adj. Antipathetic, with antipathy, without caring.

belligerent

  • adj. Engaged in warfare, warring.
  • adj. Eager to go to war, warlike.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to war.
  • adj. (By extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
  • adj. Acting violently towards others.
  • adj. uncooperative.
  • n. A state or other armed participant in warfare.

bitter

  • adj. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
  • adj. Harsh, piercing or stinging.
  • adj. Hateful or hostile.
  • adj. Cynical and resentful.
  • n. (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as…
  • n. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
  • n. (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
  • v. To make bitter.
  • n. (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the…

dirty

  • adj. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
  • adj. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
  • adj. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
  • adj. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
  • adj. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
  • adj. Out of tune.
  • adj. Of color, discolored by impurities.
  • adj. (computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.
  • adj. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
  • adj. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
  • adj. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
  • adv. In a dirty manner.
  • v. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
  • v. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
  • v. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
  • v. (intransitive) To become soiled.

hateful

  • adj. Evoking a feeling of hatred.
  • adj. Dislikeable.
  • adj. Full of hatred.

head-on

  • adj. (idiomatic) Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating.
  • adj. Of a collision, from the front or in the direction of motion.
  • n. A collision from the front.

ill

  • adj. (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people).
  • adj. (archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
  • adj. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
  • adj. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
  • adj. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
  • adj. Having an urge to vomit.
  • adj. (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
  • adj. (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
  • adv. Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
  • n. (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
  • n. Harm or injury.
  • n. Evil; moral wrongfulness.
  • n. A physical ailment; an illness.
  • n. (US, slang) PCP, phencyclidine.

inhospitable

  • adj. (of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.
  • adj. (of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.

inimical

  • adj. Harmful in effect.
  • adj. Unfriendly, hostile.

irreconcilable

  • adj. Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
  • adj. Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
  • n. Something that cannot be reconciled.

offensive

  • adj. Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred.
  • adj. Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
  • adj. (team sports) Having to do with play directed at scoring.
  • n. (countable, military) An attack.
  • n. (uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack.

opponent

  • n. An individual or group who is a rival of another.
  • n. One who attempts to stop the progression of.
  • n. One who objects to.
  • n. In team sports, a player of an opposite team.
  • adj. Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

opposing

  • adj. That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
  • v. present participle of oppose.

soldiery

  • n. Soldiers considered as a group.
  • n. The profession or skill of being a soldier.

troops

  • n. plural of troop.
  • n. military personnel in uniform.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of troop.

uncongenial

  • adj. Not congenial, compatible or sympathetic.
  • adj. Not appropriate; unsuitable.
  • adj. Not pleasing; disagreeable.
  • adj. (botany) Incapable of being grafted.

unfavorable

  • adj. Disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose.
  • adj. (of a belief, state of mind, etc) Not favorable, disapproving.
  • adj. (of wind or weather) Causing obstacles or delay; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.
  • adj. Not auspicious; ill-boding.

unfavourable

  • adj. not approved of.
  • adj. (of wind or weather) opposing or hindering.

unfriendly

  • adj. Not friendly; hostile; mean.
  • adj. Unfavourable.
  • n. An enemy.
  • adv. in an unkind or unfriendly manner; not as a friend.

unpeaceful

  • adj. Not peaceful, the opposite of peaceful.

unreconcilable

  • adj. Irreconcilable.
  • n. A person or thing that cannot be reconciled.

violent

  • adj. Involving extreme force or motion.
  • adj. Involving physical conflict.
  • adj. Likely to use physical force.
  • adj. Intensely vivid.
  • adj. (obsolete) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.
  • n. (obsolete) An assailant.

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