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- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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hostilities |
definition 1: |
the state of being unfriendly or antagonistic.
The neighbors had had a bitter argument at one time and still felt some hostility toward each other.
- synonyms:
- animosity, antagonism, enmity, inimicality, unfriendliness
- antonyms:
- devotion, sympathy
- similar words:
- animus, antipathy, bad blood, dislike, hatred, ill will, malice, opposition, spite, strife, tension, war
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definition 2: |
resistance or opposition.
The teachers' initial hostility toward the new testing program was not surprising.- similar words:
- clash, contradiction, dispute, opposition, resistance
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definition 3: |
(pl.) overt acts of war.
Hostilities continued between the two nations until a peace treaty was finally signed in 1923.- synonyms:
- belligerence, combat, fighting, war
- similar words:
- aggression, assault, attack, battle, warfare
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related words: |
acrimony, antagonism, aversion, breach, conflict, discord, feud, hate, offensive, prejudice |
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