Hostility

/hɒˈstɪlɪti/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) The state of being hostile..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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.

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