hostilities Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fighting; acts of overt warfare
    belligerency.
    • the outbreak of hostilities
  2. noun a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
    ill will; hostility.
    • he could not conceal his hostility
  3. noun a state of deep-seated ill-will
    enmity; hostility; antagonism.
  4. noun the feeling of a hostile person
    enmity; ill will; hostility.
    • he could no longer contain his hostility
  5. noun violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
    hostility; aggression.

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