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hostile

adj
/ˈhɒstaɪl/UK/ˈhɑstəl/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ.

  1. derived from hostīlis
  2. borrowed from hostile

Definitions

  1. Not friendly

    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
    • a hostile country

  2. Aggressive

    Aggressive; antagonistic.

  3. Unwilling.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. An enemy.

The neighborhood

Derived

go hostile, hostile architecture, hostile environment, hostilely, hostileness, hostile possession, hostile vehicle, hostile witness, hostilize, nonhostile, semihostile, unhostile, user-hostile

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hostile. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01hostile02appropriate03exclusion04policy05conduct06management07executives08executive09business10occupation

A definitional loop anchored at hostile. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at hostile

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA