hostility
has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
Synonyms Examples "he could not conceal his hostility" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)Landesco thought him `` just a superior sort of plugugly '' but he was , in_fact , with his aggression and hostility , and nerveless indifference to risking or administering pain , a casebook psychopath . (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)The image of the world tends to reflect the hostility and indifference of man or_else to dissolve into empty spaces and overwhelming mystery . Related terms |
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[ noun ] violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
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[ noun ] the feeling of a hostile person
Examples "he could no longer contain his hostility" Related terms hate resentment aggression animosity antagonism belligerence class_feeling |
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[ noun ] a state of deep-seated ill-will
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[ noun ] (military) acts of overt warfare
Synonyms Examples "the outbreak of hostilities" Related terms |
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