hostility has definitions from the field of military
1
[ noun ] a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

Synonyms

ill_will

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

unfriendliness virulence

2
[ noun ] violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

Synonyms

aggression

3
[ noun ] the feeling of a hostile person

Synonyms

ill_will enmity

Examples

"he could no longer contain his hostility"

4
[ noun ] a state of deep-seated ill-will

Synonyms

antagonism enmity

5
[ noun ] (military) acts of overt warfare

Synonyms

belligerency

Examples

"the outbreak of hostilities"

Related terms

combat

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