HOSTILE
\hˈɒsta͡ɪl], \hˈɒstaɪl], \h_ˈɒ_s_t_aɪ_l]\
Definitions of HOSTILE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(business) used of attempts to buy or take control of a business; "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"
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marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development; "not able to accomplish much in such a hostile environment"
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very unfriendly; "a hostile attitude"
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not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"
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characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development; "not able to accomplish much in such a hostile environment"
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very unfriendly; "a hostile attitude"
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not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"
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characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
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used of attempts to buy or take control of a business; "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"
By Princeton University
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Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
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An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; - commonly in the plural.
By Oddity Software
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Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
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An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; - commonly in the plural.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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