hostile

1. Characterized by enmity or ill will (synset 301247284)
   "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
   also:

   • aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
   • unfriendly - not disposed to friendship or friendliness
   • hateful - evoking or deserving hatred
   • offensive - for the purpose of attack rather than defense
   • unpeaceful - not peaceful
   • violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
   similar to:

   • aggressive, belligerent - characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
   • antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical - characterized by antagonism or antipathy
   • at loggerheads - in a dispute or confrontation
   • bitter - proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
   • dirty - expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
   • head-on - characterized by direct opposition
   • ill - indicating hostility or enmity
   • opponent, opposing - characterized by active hostility
   • inimical, unfriendly - not friendly
2. Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally (synset 301081517)
   "hostile naval and air forces"
3. Impossible to bring into friendly accord (synset 301994175)
   "hostile factions"
   similar to: irreconcilable, unreconcilable - impossible to reconcile
4. Very unfavorable to life or growth (synset 301246247)
   "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
   similar to: inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth
   same as: uncongenial, unfriendly
5. Unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) (synset 300083948)
   "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"
   referred to in: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   similar to: aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

1. Troops belonging to the enemy's military forces (synset 108414632)
   "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles"
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: military personnel, soldiery, troops - soldiers collectively

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