See Also: hostile(medicine)
hostile(dictionary)
hostile(dictionary)
Hostile Takeover(money)
Hostile takeover(finance)
Hostile Takeover(law)
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT(law)

hostile (iou)



hostile adjective & noun. L16.
[French, or Latin hostilis, from hostis stranger, enemy: see -ILE.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to an enemy; pertaining to or engaged in hostilities. L16.
Pope Thus..from the din of war, Safe he return'd without one hostile scar. Wellington The operations of hostile armies.
Of the nature or disposition of an enemy; unfriendly, antagonistic. L16.
hostile witness Law a witness who appears hostile to the party calling him or her and therefore subject to cross-examination by that party.
J. Steinbeck Her hostile eyes glared at him. E. Roosevelt Their questions were so hostile as to give the impression that the witness had been..prejudged a criminal. E. Feinstein No good writer could be hostile to the Revolution.
b. Angry. Austral. & NZ colloq. M20.
Of a thing: contrary, adverse, opposed, (to). E19.
W. Lippmann As industrial organization becomes bigger, it must become more inflexible, until..it is hostile to invention, enterprise, competition, and change.
b. Of a takeover bid: liable to be opposed by the management of the target company. L20.
Times The low level of acceptances so far in the 160 million hostile bid..shows that the shareholders recognize that the offer is without merit.
b. noun. A hostile person; spec. (US History) a N. American Indian unfriendly to settlers. M19.
hostilely adverb E17.