hostility : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hostility	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hostility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hostility n a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" Synonym(s): hostility, ill will a state of deep-seated ill-will Synonym(s): hostility, enmity, antagonism the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" Synonym(s): hostility, enmity, ill will violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked Synonym(s): aggression, hostility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hostility \Hostil"ity\, n.; pl. {Hostilities}. [L. hostilitas: cf. F. hostilit[82].] 1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. Hostility being thus suspended with France. --Hayward. 2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . . and have carried on even our hostilities with humanity. --Atterbury. He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend. --Crabb. Syn: Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression; contention; warfare.