hostile

1. 1

   Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.

   • a hostile force
   • hostile intentions
2. 2

   Aggressive; antagonistic.

3. 3

   Unwilling.

4. 4

   Being or relating to a hostile takeover.not-comparable

   • Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo! as soon as Friday, according to a published report.

syn. antagonistic · hateful · adverse · conflicting · contentious · counteracting · hostile · incompatible · inharmonious · inimical · irreconcilable · opposed

ant. friendly · cooperative · helpful

1. 1

   An enemy.in-plural

   • The Japanese got their attack in first. About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise). Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, an