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Meanings of hostility in English

Portuguese
aversão
Catalan
hostilitat

The feeling of a hostile person.

        aversão
        Portuguese
        agressão
        Catalan
        agressió
        Spanish
        agresión

        Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked.

              agressão
              Russian
              вражда
              Portuguese
              hostilidade
              Spanish
              hostilidad

              Form of emotionally charged angry behavior.

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                      вражда
                      Usage of hostility in English
                      1
                      There is still, clearly, a good deal of hostility to his mission.
                      The Guardian
                      2
                      Now in the face of actual opposition it stiffened instantly into hostility.
                      A Pagan of the Hills
                      3
                      You just continue doing your job and try to ignore their hostility.
                      Don't cry
                      4
                      Indonesia has witnessed increasing hostility towards its small and low-profile LGBTQ community.
                      Radio NZ
                      5
                      Let us see how far the sparks of hostility have been scattered.
                      The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
                      6
                      Yes; that is another indication of the hostility between the two colonies.
                      The Land of the Kangaroo / Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey...
                      7
                      Tolerance gave way to antagonism; distrust to bitterness; grievance to open hostility.
                      The Rules of the Game
                      8
                      He was elected consul in spite of the hostility of the senate.
                      The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 / (From the Ris...
                      9
                      I can't understand the recent hostility toward you people... He was gone.
                      The Demolished Man
                      10
                      The basis of the imperial idea inspired him with suspicion and hostility.
                      The Imperialist
                      11
                      These are crimes of anger and hostility and the assertion of power.
                      Mindhunter
                      12
                      They differed only in the degree of their hostility to the war.
                      Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
                      13
                      But they have not shown hostility to Western journalists covering the conflict.
                      Reuters
                      14
                      Trudeau has repeatedly censured the American president, but done so without hostility.
                      Reuters
                      15
                      Once the challenge had been made, British hostility could fairly be expected.
                      The guns of august
                      16
                      The report of the hostility of the Cherokees proved to be untrue.
                      Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer
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