hostile

hostile has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. 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.
• n.. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
• n.. troops belonging to the enemy's military forces; "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles"
• a.. 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"; "hostile bid"
• a.. not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"
• a.. very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
• a.. characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
• a.. impossible to bring into friendly accord; "hostile factions"