Dictionary entry details
• HOSTILITY (noun)
Meaning:
A hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
hostility; ill will
Context example:
he could not conceal his hostility
Hypernyms ("hostility" is a kind of...):
unfriendliness (an unfriendly disposition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hostility"):
virulence; virulency (extreme hostility)
Meaning:
A state of deep-seated ill-will
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
antagonism; enmity; hostility
Hypernyms ("hostility" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hostility"):
latent hostility; tension (feelings of hostility that are not manifest)
state of war; war (a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply)
cold war (a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare)
suspicion (the state of being suspected)
Instance hyponyms:
Cold War (a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States)
Meaning:
The feeling of a hostile person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
ill will; enmity; hostility
Context example:
he could no longer contain his hostility
Hypernyms ("hostility" is a kind of...):
hate; hatred (the emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hostility"):
bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour; resentment (a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will)
belligerence; belligerency (hostile or warlike attitude or nature)
aggression; aggressiveness (a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack)
antagonism (an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility)
class feeling (feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another)
animosity; animus; bad blood (a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility)
Meaning:
Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
aggression; hostility
Hypernyms ("hostility" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hostility"):
meat grinder (any action resulting in injury or destruction)
force; violence (an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists))
pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)
