hostility 音标拼音: [hɑst'ɪləti]
n . 敌意,敌对,反对
敌意,敌对,反对
hostility n 1 :
a hostile (
very unfriendly )
disposition ; "
he could not conceal his hostility " [
synonym : {
hostility }, {
ill will }]
2 :
a state of deep -
seated ill -
will [
synonym : {
hostility }, {
enmity },
{
antagonism }]
3 :
the feeling of a hostile person ; "
he could no longer contain his hostility " [
synonym : {
hostility }, {
enmity }, {
ill will }]
4 :
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked [
synonym :
{
aggression }, {
hostility }]
Hostility \
Hos *
til "
i *
ty \,
n .;
pl . {
Hostilities }. [
L .
hostilitas :
cf .
F .
hostilit ['
e ].]
1 .
State of being hostile ;
public or private enemy ;
unfriendliness ;
animosity .
[
1913 Webster ]
Hostility being thus suspended with France .
--
Hayward .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
An act of an open enemy ;
a hostile deed ;
especially in the plural ,
acts of warfare ;
attacks of an enemy .
See {
hostilities }
[
1913 Webster ]
He who proceeds to wanton hostility ,
often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend . --
Crabb .
Syn :
Animosity ;
enmity ;
opposition ;
violence ;
aggression ;
contention ;
warfare .
[
1913 Webster ]
142 Moby Thesaurus words for "
hostility ":
Kilkenny cats ,
abhorrence ,
abomination ,
action ,
aggression ,
aggressiveness ,
allergy ,
altercation ,
animosity ,
animus ,
antagonism ,
anteposition ,
antipathy ,
antithesis ,
argument ,
aversion ,
bad blood ,
bad feeling ,
bellicism ,
bellicosity ,
belligerence ,
belligerency ,
bickering ,
bloodshed ,
cat -
and -
dog life ,
chauvinism ,
clash ,
clashing ,
cold sweat ,
collision ,
combat ,
combativeness ,
competition ,
conflict ,
confrontation ,
confrontment ,
contention ,
contentiousness ,
contest ,
contestation ,
contradiction ,
contradistinction ,
contraindication ,
contraposition ,
contrariety ,
contrariness ,
contrast ,
controversy ,
counterposition ,
creeping flesh ,
cross -
purposes ,
cut and thrust ,
debate ,
despitefulness ,
disaccord ,
disaffinity ,
disagreement ,
discrepancy ,
disgust ,
disputation ,
dispute ,
dissension ,
enmity ,
ferocity ,
fierceness ,
fight ,
fighting ,
fractiousness ,
friction ,
hard feelings ,
hardheartedness ,
hate ,
hatred ,
horror ,
hostilities ,
ill will ,
immediate dislike ,
inconsistency ,
inimicalness ,
jingoism ,
litigation ,
loathing ,
logomachy ,
malevolence ,
malice ,
malignity ,
martialism ,
militancy ,
militarism ,
mortal horror ,
nausea ,
negativeness ,
noncooperation ,
obstinacy ,
opposing ,
oppositeness ,
opposition ,
opposure ,
oppugnance ,
oppugnancy ,
paper war ,
personality conflict ,
perverseness ,
perversity ,
polar opposition ,
polarity ,
polarization ,
polemic ,
posing against ,
pugnaciousness ,
pugnacity ,
quarrel ,
quarreling ,
quarrelsomeness ,
rancor ,
recalcitrance ,
refractoriness ,
repugnance ,
repulsion ,
rivalry ,
saber rattling ,
scrapping ,
showdown ,
shuddering ,
spite ,
spitefulness ,
squabbling ,
state of war ,
strife ,
struggle ,
truculence ,
uncooperativeness ,
unfriendliness ,
unpeacefulness ,
vying ,
war ,
war of words ,
warfare ,
warmongering ,
warpath ,
words ,
wrangling HOSTILITY .
A state of open enmity ;
open war .
Wolff ,
Dr .
de la Rat .
Sec .
1191 .
Hostility ,
as it regards individuals ,
may be permanent or temporary ;
it is permanent when the individual is a citizen or subject of the government at war ,
and temporary when he happens to be domiciliated or resident in the country of one of the belligerents ;
in this latter case the individual may throw off the national character he has thus acquired by residence ,
when he puts himself in motion ,
bona fide ,
to quit the country sine animo revertendi .
3 Rob .
Adm .
Rep .
12 ;
3 Wheat .
R .
14 .
2 .
There may be a hostile character merely as to commercial purposes ,
and hostility may attach only to the person as a temporary enemy ,
or it may attach only to the property of a particular description .
This hostile character in a commercial view ,
or one limited to certain intents and purposes only ,
will attach in ,
consequence of having possessions in the territory of the enemy ,
or by maintaining a commercial establishment there ,
or by a personal residence ,
or ,
by particular modes of traffic ,
as by sailing under the enemy '
s flag of passport .
9 Cranch ,
191 5 Rob .
Adm .
Rep .
21 ,
161 ;
1 Kent Com .
73 ;
Wesk .
on Ins .
h .
t .;
Chit .
Law of Nat .
Index ,
h .
t .
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