1 ~ (to / towards sb/sth) very unfriendly or aggressive and ready to argue or fight:
The speaker got a very hostile reception from the audience. * She was openly hostile towards her parents.
2 ~ (to sth) strongly rejecting or opposed to sth:
hostile to the idea of change * The proposals have provoked a hostile response from opposition parties.
3 making it difficult for sth to happen or to be achieved:
hostile conditions for plants to grow in
4 belonging to a military enemy:
hostile territory / aircraft
5 (business) (of an offer to buy a company, etc.) not wanted by the company that is to be bought:
a hostile takeover bid
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for hostile is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hostile a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hostile is tagged as adjective.
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