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hostile
Synonyms and Antonyms of hostile
- Her suggestions were given a hostile reception.
adverse, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, clashing, combative, conflicting, contentious, contrary, disputatious, militant, opposed, pugnacious, quarrelsome, resisting, scrappy, truculent
antisocial, cold, cool, disagreeable, disapproving, distant, frigid, icy
acrimonious, bitter, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, opprobrious, rancorous, spiteful, unloving, vindictive, virulent
affable, amiable, amicable, civil, companionable, comradely, convivial, cordial, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, gregarious, neighborly, pleasant, sociable, social, warm
affectionate, devoted, kind, kindly, loving, nice, sweet
accepting, agreeable, approving, benign, empathetic, favorable, understanding, warmhearted, welcoming
- The company's president vows to fight the hostile takeover by the giant corporation.
damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, lethal, malignant, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, wounding
dangerous, hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, perilous, risky, unsafe
defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderous
antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperative
competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resisting
hostile
Synonyms and Antonyms of hostile
- Reports of hostiles in the area kept the troops on edge.
buddy, chum, compadre, crony, fellow, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, hobnobber, mate, musketeer, pal
abettor (also abetter), accomplice, ally, collaborator, colleague, comrade, confederate, friendly, partner
backer, benefactor, exponent, supporter, sympathizer, well-wisher
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