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hostility
synonyms for hostility
- aggression
- animosity
- antagonism
- antipathy
- bitterness
- enmity
- estrangement
- hatred
- ill will
- opposition
- rancor
- resentment
- war
- abhorrence
- animus
- aversion
- bellicosity
- belligerence
- detestation
- disaffection
- grudge
- malevolence
- malice
- spite
- spleen
- unfriendliness
- venom
- virulence
- bad blood
- inimicality
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How to use hostility in a sentence
Such government hostility toward people of faith has no place in a free society.
Two lawsuits challenge new Va. LGBTQ rights law | Steph Purifoy | October 1, 2020 | Washington BladeIt claimed its armed forces had destroyed 26 Armenian tanks since the hostilities began on Sunday.
It’s a perfect storm of know-nothingism and just a general, always-on level of hostility.
Yet at the same time, renormalization’s hostility to microscopic details works against the efforts of modern physicists who are hungry for signs of the next realm down.
How Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics | Charlie Wood | September 17, 2020 | Quanta MagazineLong-term Dunedin data indicate, for instance, that undercontrolled kids provoked hostility in parents, peers and teachers.
‘The Origins of You’ explores how kids develop into their adult selves | Bruce Bower | September 16, 2020 | Science Newshostility to the non-urban regions includes a detestation of suburbia.
Amanda came home to largely welcoming American arms, her case held up as an example of hostility to Americans abroad.
For instance, when a couple is having trouble, the tension and hostility can bleed into BDSM scenes.
Coming Out Kinky to Your Doctor, in Black and Blue | Heather Boerner | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven the way the term “aliens” is used to describe migrants spotted in the desert has an air of hostility.
A Shooting on a Tribal Land Uncovers Feds Running Wild | Caitlin Dickson | August 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe widespread hostility of local people makes it far more difficult for the authorities to track the militia.
How Nigeria’s Stupidly Brutal Cops Botch the Hunt for Boko Haram | Nico Hines | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was looking at me with eyebrows arched, curiously, and there was a faint suggestion of hostility in the set of his mouth.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThine is the spirit of universal liberty and love—of uncompromising hostility to every form of injustice and wrong.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayIn 1811 the growing hostility of Russia required the attendance of the Prince of Eckmhl at the headquarters of his command.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe hostility with which he regarded this group of composers had its origin in his distrustful attitude towards society generally.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThis marriage caused secret hostility between the two fathers, one being the other's superior in office.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
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