Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
hostility
IPA transcription: [hɑst'ɪləti]
Pronunciations of hostility
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hostility, ill_will
Meaning:
a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"
Usage examples
There was neither friendliness nor hostility in his glance.
From month to month the hostility increased, and from being concealed it became patent.
Never before were two houses so illustrious, mutually embittered by hostility so deadly.
There was no sympathy with nor even toleration for any public expression of hostility to slavery.
The savages approached without running, but they favored us with a show of the greatest hostility.
We were now for a moment the object of sympathy; the Administration was the butt of considerable hostility.
He accepted the part, saying little, his eager, feverish eyes, full of hostility, glancing from one to the other.
In a purely civil matter, the infallible Church from its inception had displayed a marked hostility to loans at interest.
While, as for Hallin's distrust, and Anthony Craven's jealous hostility, why should a third person be bound by either of them?
No; for your hostility cannot so much hurt us as your friendship will be an argument to our subjects of our weakness, and your enmity of our power.
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