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hostileadjective marked by opposition or ill willthe suggestions for change were given a hostile reception by some of the longtime employees adversarial, adversary, antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, inimical, jaundiced, mortal, negative, unfriendly, unsympathetic adverse, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, clashing, combative, conflicting, contentious, contrary, disputatious, militant, opposed, pugnacious, quarrelsome, resisting, scrappy, truculentantisocial, cold, cool, disagreeable, disapproving, distant, frigid, icybiased, prejudiceddiscourteous, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, surly, uncivil, unfavorable, unkind, unmannerly, unpleasant, unsociableacrimonious, bitter, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, opprobrious, rancorous, spiteful, unloving, vindictive, virulent friendly, hospitable, nonantagonistic, nonhostile, sympathetic affable, amiable, amicable, civil, companionable, comradely, convivial, cordial, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, gregarious, neighborly, pleasant, sociable, social, warmaffectionate, devoted, kind, kindly, loving, nice, sweetaccepting, agreeable, approving, benign, empathetic, favorable, understanding, warmhearted, welcoming opposed to one's intereststhe company's president vows to fight the hostile takeover by the giant corporation adverse, counter, disadvantageous, inimical, negative, prejudicial, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, untoward bad, baleful, baneful, evildamaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, lethal, malignant, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, woundingdangerous, hazardous, imperiling(or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafecalumnious, defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderousantagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperativecompeting, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resisting advantageous, favorable, friendly, positive, supportive, sympathetic, well-disposed beneficial, good, helpful, propitious, usefulharmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, nondestructive, nonfatal, nonlethal, nonthreateningunresistanttolerant, understandingaffable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, benign, benignant, complying, congenial, cordial, friendly, hospitable hostilenounone that is hostile toward anotherreports of hostiles in the area kept the settlers on edge adversary, antagonist, enemy, foe, opponent archenemy, archfoe, nemesisill-wisherbane, bête noireassailant, attacker, combatant, invadercompetitor, emulator, rival amigo, friend buddy, chum, compadre, crony, fellow, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, hobnobber, mate, musketeer, palabettor(also abetter), accomplice, ally, collaborator, colleague, comrade, confederate, friendly, partneradherent, disciple, followerbacker, benefactor, exponent, supporter, sympathizer, well-wisher in 1580 |