hostile

Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒstaɪl/, /ˈhɒstəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑstəl/, /ˈhɑstaɪl/

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• Homophone: hostel (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -ɒstəl

hostile (comparative more hostile, superlative most hostile)

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

   Synonyms: inimical, unfriendly

   a hostile force

   hostile intentions

   a hostile country

   hostile to a sudden change

2. Aggressive, antagonistic.
3. Of a hostile takeover.

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

• antagonistic
• hateful
• See also Thesaurus:hostile

• friendly

• hostility
• hostilely
• host
• See also Thesaurus:combative

hostile (plural hostiles)

1. (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.

• Elohist, eoliths, holiest, sholtie

From Middle French hostile, hostif (this form with a change of suffix), borrowed from Latin hostilis.

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔs.til/

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hostile (plural hostiles)

1. hostile
2. unfriendly

• ennemi

• hostilité
• ost

• “hostile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

hostīle

1. nominative neuter singular of hostīlis
2. accusative neuter singular of hostīlis
3. vocative neuter singular of hostīlis

• hostile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)