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Another word for hostility

hostility Synonyms

hostility

n.

enmity, hatred, abhorrence, aversion; see hatred 1, malice, resentment. See syn. study at enmity.

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Another word for hostility

noun

Warlike or hostile attitude or nature:
bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See attack
Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals:
animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, ill will. See love
Hostile behavior:
aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, militance, militancy. See attack
A state of open, prolonged fighting.
Used in plural: belligerency, conflict, confrontation, strife, struggle, war, warfare. See conflict

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The hostility in his voice and expression was unnerving.
Nothing was truly resolved except possibly the hostility between them.
Meanwhile France provided Italy with fresh cause for uneasiness by abating her hostility to Germany.
He probably didn't realize that his hostility toward Señor Medena was being transferred to Jonathan as anxiety.
The natives showed their usual hostility, killing all stragglers.

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