hostile

Meaning of hostile

noun

(chiefly in the plural) An enemy.

adjective
  1. Not friendly, appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure
    a hostile country
  2. Aggressive, antagonistic.
  3. Unwilling
  4. Of a hostile takeover.
    Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.

Information about hostile

  • The plural form of hostile is: hostiles.
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Hyphenation of hostile

hos-tile

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • hostile is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

hostile synonyms

Meaning uncongenial:

uncongenial, unfriendly

Meaning :

inimical, antagonistic, hateful

hostile antonyms

Meaning :

friendly

Translation of hostile

Anagrams of hostile

Elohist, elohist, eoliths, holiest, olisthe, Sithole

Words that rhyme with hostile

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