hostilities

Meaning of hostilities

noun
  1. hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition.
    their hostility to all outsiders

late Middle English: from French hostilité or late Latin hostilitas, from Latin hostilis (see hostile).

Information about hostilities

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of hostilities is: hostility.
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Hyphenation of hostilities

hos-til-i-ties

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
  • hostilities is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

hostilities synonyms

Meaning belligerency:

belligerency

Meaning active hostility or opposition:

antagonism

Meaning sharpness of taste; lack of sweetness:

bitterness

Meaning the state or condition of being malevolent; hostility:

malevolence

Meaning the desire to harm someone; ill will:

malice

Meaning inconsiderate and harsh behaviour:

unkindness

Meaning a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone:

spite

Meaning extreme malice and bitterness shown in someone's attitudes, speech, or actions:

venom

Meaning extreme anger:

wrath

Meaning a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility:

anger

Meaning intense dislike; hate:

hatred

Meaning feelings of anger or antipathy resulting in hostile or violent behaviour; readiness to attack or confront:

aggression

Meaning hostile or violent behaviour:

aggressiveness

Meaning aggressive or warlike behaviour:

belligerence

Meaning the use of confrontational or violent methods in support of a political or social cause:

militancy

Meaning resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument:

opposition

Meaning strong hostility:

animosity

Meaning a deep-seated feeling of aversion:

antipathy

Meaning hostility or ill feeling:

animus

Meaning bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly:

resentment

Meaning a strong dislike or disinclination:

aversion

Meaning a state or feeling of active opposition or hostility:

enmity

hostilities antonyms

Meaning the quality of being friendly; affability:

friendliness

Meaning the action of approving something:

approval

Words that rhyme with hostilities

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