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hostility

資料來源 : pyDict

敵意,敵對,反對

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hostility \Hos*til"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Hostilities}. [L. hostilitas:
   cf. F. hostilit['e].]
   1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy;
      unfriendliness; animosity.

            Hostility being thus suspended with France.
                                                  --Hayward.

   2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the
      plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy.

            We have showed ourselves generous adversaries . . .
            and have carried on even our hostilities with
            humanity.                             --Atterbury.

            He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes
            an enemy where he might have a friend. --Crabb.

   Syn: Animosity; enmity; opposition; violence; aggression;
        contention; warfare.

資料來源 : WordNet®

hostility
     n 1: a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not
          conceal his hostility" [syn: {ill will}]
     2: a state of deep-seated ill-will [syn: {enmity}, {antagonism}]
     3: the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain
        his hostility" [syn: {enmity}, {ill will}]
     4: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked [syn:
        {aggression}]
     5: acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities" [syn: {belligerency}]
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