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hostile
adjective as in antagonistic, mean
Strongest matches
adverse, belligerent, bitter, contentious, contrary, hateful, inhospitable, inimical, nasty, opposed, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympathetic
Weak matches
allergic, argumentative, bellicose, competitive, disapproving, dour, ill-disposed, malevolent, malicious, malignant, oppugnant, ornery, pugnacious, rancorous, scrappy, spiteful, surly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unwelcoming, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike
Example Sentences
She is intensely dramatic and also strangely hostile to the people who love her the most — her parents.
But of course, he's already appointing a cabinet of the cognitively impaired, people who simply do not understand the problem or else are hostile to objective information.
"You can only imagine when you have certain individuals who are much more hostile towards these types of government action, it will get worse."
The role of racism, white supremacy and hostile sexism in Harris’ defeat must not be minimized.
The spokesman added that since the first sightings on 20 November there had been "no impact to residents or infrastructure and they have not been identified as hostile".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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