Definitions for hostility

hostility hos·til·i·ty

Spelling: [ho-stil-i-tee]
IPA: /hɒˈstɪl ɪ ti/

Hostility is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in hostility (hiilostty).

Definitions for hostility

noun

  1. a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
  2. a hostile act.
  3. opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc.
  4. hostilities. acts of warfare. war1 .

Origin of hostility

1375-1425; late Middle English hostilite Latin hostīlitās. See hostile, -ity

Examples for hostility

hostility to the non-urban regions includes a detestation of suburbia.

There she always finishes her hostility by making some solid acquisition.

Even the way the term “aliens” is used to describe migrants spotted in the desert has an air of hostility.

Undeterred, Wanda and Ida press on along a road of hostility and dissimulation that will lead to the harrowing end of their quest.

All the animals in the creation are more or less in a state of hostility with each other.

The hostility to this seemingly harmless teaching was of the most intense.

There is hostility to it still, but mild as compared with that felt by our great-great-grandfathers.

For instance, when a couple is having trouble, the tension and hostility can bleed into BDSM scenes.

Amanda came home to largely welcoming American arms, her case held up as an example of hostility to Americans abroad.

Instantly, Martin's cordiality vanished; his hostility toward her surged.

Word Value for hostility
Scrable

15

Words with friends

14

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