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Meanings of hostility in English
Portuguese
aversão Catalan
hostilitat Synonyms
Examples for "enmity"
Examples for "enmity"
1
Misfortune cannot suppress it; enmity cannot alienate it; temptation cannot enslave it.
2
The enmity has impaired efforts to mediate an end to the crisis.
3
The fixture reflects enmity between Wall Street's banks and Boston's investment industry.
4
Their relations with Syria's central government, despite historic enmity, are more nuanced.
5
Two years later, Eperon still suffers the enmity of local pet owners.
1
Their later antagonism arose for several reasons, some obvious, others less clear.
2
The family relationships are suspended in a similarly vague state of antagonism.
3
Within minutes of the image landing, social media was alive with antagonism.
4
The criminal is in direct antagonism to the laws of social life.
5
But the mere play of personal forces in themselves aggravated the antagonism.
1
If any beareth us ill will, the better shall we wot it.
2
Apparently the Legislature bore him no ill will for his curbing hand.
3
I am so afeard some ill will happen thee, Margaret being gone.
4
I want Cleve to join us, but not against your ill will.
5
He said there was no evidence of any ill will towards Mubenga.
Usage of hostility in English
1
There is still, clearly, a good deal of hostility to his mission.
2
Now in the face of actual opposition it stiffened instantly into hostility.
3
You just continue doing your job and try to ignore their hostility.
4
Indonesia has witnessed increasing hostility towards its small and low-profile LGBTQ community.
5
Let us see how far the sparks of hostility have been scattered.
6
Yes; that is another indication of the hostility between the two colonies.
7
Tolerance gave way to antagonism; distrust to bitterness; grievance to open hostility.
8
He was elected consul in spite of the hostility of the senate.
9
I can't understand the recent hostility toward you people... He was gone.
10
The basis of the imperial idea inspired him with suspicion and hostility.
11
These are crimes of anger and hostility and the assertion of power.
12
They differed only in the degree of their hostility to the war.
13
But they have not shown hostility to Western journalists covering the conflict.
14
Trudeau has repeatedly censured the American president, but done so without hostility.
15
Once the challenge had been made, British hostility could fairly be expected.
16
The report of the hostility of the Cherokees proved to be untrue.
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Translations for hostility
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Hostility through the time
Hostility across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
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