hostility

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition (Freq. 3)
- he could not conceal his hostility
• Syn:
ill will
• Hypernyms:
unfriendliness
• Hyponyms:
virulence, virulency
2. a state of deep-seated ill-will
• Syn:
enmity, antagonism
• Derivationally related forms:
antagonistic (for: antagonism), antagonist (for: antagonism), antagonize (for: antagonism), antagonise (for: antagonism), inimical (for: enmity)
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
latent hostility, tension, war, state of war, cold war, suspicion
• Instance Hyponyms:
Cold War
3. the feeling of a hostile person
- he could no longer contain his hostility
• Syn:
enmity, ill will
• Derivationally related forms:
inimical (for: enmity), hostile
• Hypernyms:
hate, hatred
• Hyponyms:
animosity, animus, bad blood, class feeling, antagonism,
aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, resentment, bitterness,
gall, rancor, rancour
4. violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
• Syn:
aggression
• Derivationally related forms:
hostile, aggress (for: aggression)
• Hypernyms:
action
• Hyponyms:
meat grinder, violence, force, plundering, pillage, pillaging

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  aggression, enmity, ill will, antagonism