Meaning of Hostility | Babel Free
hɒˈstɪlɪtiDefinitions
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The state of being hostile. uncountable
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A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition. countable
Equivalents
Afrikaans
vyandigheid
Беларуская
варо́жасць
Català
hostilitat
Čeština
nepřátelství
Dansk
fjendtlighed
Esperanto
malamikeco
Español
hostilidad
Français
hostilité
Հայերեն
թշնամություն
Bahasa Indonesia
permusuhan
Italiano
ostilità
ქართული
მტრობა
Latina
hostīlitās
Latviešu
ienaids
Македонски
непријателство
پښتو
عداوت
Português
hostilidade
Slovenčina
nepriateľstvo
Slovenščina
sovraštvo
Svenska
fientlighet
Kiswahili
uadui
Тоҷикӣ
душманӣ
ไทย
เวร
اردو
دشمنی
Examples
“My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us.”
“There is no hostilitie so excellent, as that which is absolutely Christian.”
“But with Goodison Park openly directing its full hostility towards Atkinson, Liverpool went ahead when Carroll turned in his first Premier League goal of the season after 70 minutes.”
“The polarization of wealth and the polarization of attitudes to diversity are not unrelated. A key reason for popular hostility to immigrants is that to many people, particularly within working-class communities, immigration has become a symbol of unacceptable change.”
“As the revivals died down in the 1740s, the revivalist camp made concessions to their opponents, admonished prorevivalists who continued with the hostilities, and generally sought to heal divisions.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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