hostile
(adjective) unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); “hostile takeover”; “hostile tender offer”; “hostile bid”
hostile
(adjective) not belonging to your own country’s forces or those of an ally; “hostile naval and air forces”
hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly
(adjective) very unfavorable to life or growth; “a hostile climate”; “an uncongenial atmosphere”; “an uncongenial soil”; “the unfriendly environment at high altitudes”
hostile
(adjective) characterized by enmity or ill will; “a hostile nation”; “a hostile remark”; “hostile actions”
hostile
(adjective) impossible to bring into friendly accord; “hostile factions”
hostile
(noun) troops belonging to the enemy’s military forces; “the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hostile (comparative more hostile, superlative most hostile)
Not friendly, appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure
Synonyms: inimical, unfriendly
Aggressive, antagonistic.
Unwilling
Of a hostile takeover.
• antagonistic
• hateful
• See also hostile
• friendly
hostile (plural hostiles)
(chiefly, in the plural) An enemy.
• Elohist, eoliths, holiest, sholtie
Source: Wiktionary
Hos"tile, a. Etym: [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile. See Host an army.]
Definition: Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
Syn.
– Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.
Hos"tile, n.
Definition: An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites;
– commonly in the plural. [Colloq.] P. H. Sheridan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
