hostile
hostile is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.
- noun. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
- noun. troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
"the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles"
- adjective. unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
"hostile takeover"
"hostile tender offer"
- adjective. not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
"hostile naval and air forces"
- adjective. very unfavorable to life or growth
"a hostile climate"
"an uncongenial atmosphere"
- adjective. characterized by enmity or ill will
"a hostile nation"
"a hostile remark"
- adjective. impossible to bring into friendly accord
"hostile factions"
Synonyms
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hostile:
elohist, eoliths, holiest, lithoes
Common word forms
hostiles, hostilely, hostileness
Words from these letters
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