HOSTILE

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

Etymology

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• antagonistic

• hateful

• See also hostile

Antonyms

• friendly

Noun

hostile (plural hostiles)

(chiefly, in the plural) An enemy.

Anagrams

• 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