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hostile
Synonyms and Antonyms of hostile
- the suggestions for change were given a hostile reception by some of the longtime employees
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
discourteous, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, surly, uncivil, unfavorable, unkind, unmannerly, unpleasant, unsociable
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, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
calumnious, 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 settlers 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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