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