See Also: hostility(medicine)
hostility(dictionary)
hostility(dictionary)

hostility (oh)



[U] when someone is unfriendly and full of anger towards another person
hostility towards/between
　hostility towards foreigners
hostility toward
AmE
　hostility toward Jews
open/outright hostility
(=hostility that is clearly shown)
　They eyed each other with open hostility.
[U] strong or angry opposition to something
　The reform program was greeted with hostility by conservatives.
hostility to/towards
　There is a lot of public hostility to the tax.
　Pictures of refugees aroused popular hostility (=felt by a lot of people) towards the war.
hostility toward
AmE
　Republican hostility toward slavery
hostilities [plural] formal fighting in a war
　a cessation of hostilities