hostility

Universal Words noun 1 [U] ~ (to / towards sb/sth) unfriendly or aggressive feelings or behaviour: feelings of hostility towards people from other backgrounds * There was open hostility between the two schools. 2 [U] ~ (to / towards sth) strong and angry opposition towards an idea, a plan or a situation: public hostility to nuclear power 3 (hostilities) [pl.] (formal) acts of fighting in a war: the start / outbreak of hostilities between the two sides * a cessation of hostilities (= an end to fighting)