hostile
Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
Other meanings
aggressive; antagonistic.
Being or relating to a hostile takeover.
“Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo! as soon as Friday, according to a published report.”
Antonyms
- friendly
Related words
- hostilely
- hostileness
- hostilize
- nonhostile
- semihostile
- unhostile
- go hostile
- hostile possession
- hostile vehicle
- hostile witness
- user-hostile
- hostile architecture
Word history
From Latin "hostīlis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hostile” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.