hostile
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hostile/ˈhɒstʌɪl/
▶adjective feeling or showing dislike or opposition.
■ of or belonging to a military enemy.
■ (of a takeover bid) opposed by the company to be bought.
– derivatives
hostilely adverb.
hostilely adverb.
– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as hostility): from Fr., or from L. hostilis, from hostis ‘stranger, enemy’.
'hostile' also found in these Oxford entries:
aggression
- antagonist
- antagonize
- Balkanize
- belligerent
- buffer state
- confront
- containment
- corporate raider
- dagger
- down
- draw
- enemy
- foe
- freeze
- have
- hostile witness
- hostility
- icy
- ill
- infest
- inimical
- inroad
- interceptor
- irreconcilable
- irreligious
- loath
- molest
- oppose
- Philistine
- raid
- siege mentality
- spit
- start
- strong
- threat
- unforgiving
- virulent
- warlike
- white knight
- wolf
