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hostile

[hos-tl, -tahyl] / ˈhɒs tl, -taɪl /
ADJECTIVE
antagonistic, mean
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adverse belligerent bitter contentious contrary hateful inhospitable inimical nasty opposed unfavorable unfriendly unsympathetic
STRONG
alien anti catty chill cold militant opposite sour
WEAK
allergic argumentative bellicose competitive disapproving dour ill-disposed malevolent malicious malignant oppugnant ornery pugnacious rancorous scrappy spiteful surly unkind unpropitious unsociable unwelcoming viperous virulent vitriolic warlike
Antonyms
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agreeable aiding favorable friendly good helpful helping hospitable kind nice pleasant wonderful
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hot sympathetic warm
WEAK
gentle welcoming

Example Sentences

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China has called on American authorites to investigate the death of a Chinese semiconductor researcher in the US, who was found dead after "hostile questioning" by law enforcement there.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Relations between the KMT and the CCP remained hostile for decades.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

For all the Dodgers fans here, that’s quite the trip: a rout that silenced a hostile crowd one day, hot dogs valued at 55 cents in U.S. currency the next.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Then it would need to be mechanically excavated from deep underground in the middle of hostile territory and could weigh 1,000 pounds.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Gilbert’s Copernicanism guaranteed a hostile response from orthodox Catholic scholars once Copernicanism had been condemned in 1616.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton