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Meaning of Hostility | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
hɒˈstɪlɪti

Definitions

  1. The state of being hostile.
    uncountable
  2. A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
    countable

Equivalents

Afrikaans vyandigheid
Azərbaycanca düşmənçilik ədavət
Беларуская варо́жасць
Български вражда неприязън
Català hostilitat
Čeština nepřátelství
Dansk fjendtlighed
Esperanto malamikeco
Español hostilidad
Français hostilité
עברית איבה עוינות
Հայերեն թշնամություն
Bahasa Indonesia permusuhan
Italiano ostilità
ქართული მტრობა
한국어 반감 적대 적의
Latina hostīlitās
Latviešu ienaids
Македонски непријателство
Bahasa Melayu permusuhan pertempuran
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.
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