English-Thai Dictionary

hostile

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น ศัตรู  ซึ่ง เป็น ปรปักษ์  antagonistic opposed unfriendly friendly sueng-pen-sad-tru

 

hostilely

ADV อย่าง ต่อต้าน เป็น ศัตรู  อย่าง มี เจตนาร้าย 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOSTILE

a.[L. hostilis, from hostis, an enemy, that is, a foreigner. ] 1. Belonging to a public enemy; designating enmity, particularly public enmity, or a state of war; inimical; as a hostile band or army; a hostile force; hostile intentions.
2. Possessed by a public enemy; as a hostile country.
3. Adverse; opposite; unfriendly. [But the word is not properly applied to private enmity, or mere unfriendliness. ]

 

HOSTILELY

adv. In a hostile manner.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HOSTILE

Hos "tile, a. Etym: [L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile. See Host an army. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

Syn. -- Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant.

 

HOSTILE

HOSTILE Hos "tile, n.

 

Defn: An enemy; esp. , an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. [Colloq. ] P. H. Sheridan.

 

HOSTILELY

HOSTILELY Hos "tile *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a hostile manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hostile

hos tile |ˈhästl, ˈhäˌstīl ˈhɑstl ˈhɑˌstaɪl | ▶adjective unfriendly; antagonistic: a hostile audience | he wrote a ferociously hostile attack. • of or belonging to a military enemy: hostile aircraft. • [ predic. ] opposed: people are very hostile to the idea. • (of a takeover bid ) opposed by the company to be bought. DERIVATIVES hos tile ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin hostilis, from hostis ‘stranger, enemy. ’

 

hostile witness

hos tile wit ness ▶noun Law a witness who is antagonistic to the party calling them and, being unwilling to tell the truth, may have to be cross-examined by the party.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hostile

hos |tile |ˈhɒstʌɪl | ▶adjective showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly: a hostile audience | he wrote a ferociously hostile attack. • of or belonging to a military enemy: hostile aircraft. • [ predic. ] opposed: people are very hostile to the idea. • (of a takeover bid ) opposed by the company to be bought. DERIVATIVES hostilely adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin hostilis, from hostis ‘stranger, enemy ’.

 

hostile witness

hos |tile wit |ness ▶noun Law a witness who is antagonistic to the party calling them and, being unwilling to tell the truth, may have to be asked leading questions.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hostile

hostile adjective 1 a hostile attack: unfriendly, unkind, bitter, unsympathetic, malicious, vicious, rancorous, venomous, poisonous, virulent; antagonistic, aggressive, confrontational, belligerent, truculent, vitriolic; bellicose, pugnacious, warlike. ANTONYMS friendly, mild. 2 hostile conditions: unfavorable, adverse, bad, harsh, grim, hard, tough, brutal, fierce, inhospitable, forbidding, menacing, threatening. ANTONYMS favorable. 3 they are hostile to the idea: opposed to, averse to, antagonistic to, ill-disposed to, disapproving of, unsympathetic to, antipathetic to; opposing, against, inimical to; informal anti, down on. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD hostile, adverse, bellicose, belligerent, inimical Few people have trouble recognizing hostility when confronted with it. Someone who is hostile displays an attitude of intense ill will and acts like an enemy (the audience grew hostile after waiting an hour for the show to start ). Both bellicose and belligerent imply a readiness or eagerness to fight, but the former is used to describe a state of mind or temper (after drinking all night, he was in a bellicose mood ), while the latter is normally used to describe someone who is actively engaged in hostilities (the belligerent brothers were at it again ). While hostile and belligerent usually apply to people, adverse and inimical are used describe tendencies or influences. Inimical means having an antagonistic tendency (remarks that were inimical to everything she believed in ), and adverse means turned toward something in opposition (an adverse wind; under adverse circumstances ). Unlike hostile, adverse and inimical need not connote the involvement of human feeling. These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hostile

hostile adjective 1 he wrote a ferociously hostile attack: antagonistic, aggressive, confrontational, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, militant, truculent, combative, warlike; unfriendly, unkind, bitter, unsympathetic, malevolent, malicious, vicious, spiteful, rancorous, venomous, biting, wrathful, angry; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS friendly; mild. 2 he painted a grim picture of hardship in hostile climatic conditions: unfavourable, adverse, bad, harsh, grim, hard, tough, inhospitable, forbidding, uncomfortable, unwelcoming. ANTONYMS favourable. 3 people are very hostile to the idea: opposed, averse, antagonistic, ill-disposed, unsympathetic, antipathetic, inimical; opposing, against, dead set against, at odds with; informal anti, down on. ANTONYMS in favour of.

 

French Dictionary

hostile

hostile adj. adjectif Agressif, qui se conduit en ennemi. : Un ton hostile, un pays hostile. SYNONYME ennemi . LOCUTION Hostile à. Opposé. : Ils sont hostiles à notre proposition. SYNONYME contre ; désaccord .

 

hostilement

hostilement adv. adverbe De façon hostile. : Ils se sont adressés à eux hostilement.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hostile

hos tile /hɑ́st (ə )l |hɔ́staɪl /→host 2 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 «…に » 敵意 [反感 ]を持った , 非友好的な (unfriendly ) «to , toward » ▸ Susan felt increasingly hostile toward her stepmother .スーザンはますます継母 （ままはは ）に反感を持った ▸ a hostile criticism 悪意を含んだ批評 2 【考え 計画などに 】断固反対で [の ] «to, toward (s )» ; 相 （あい ）反する ▸ take a hostile attitude towards Americanization アメリカ化に反対の態度をとる ▸ two hostile principles 2つの相反する主義 3 比較なし 敵の , 敵性の , 交戦中の ▸ hostile forces 敵軍 4 〈環境などが 〉 «…に » 適さない , 不利な , 厳しい条件の «to » .名詞 C ｟米 ｠敵意を持った人 ; 敵兵 ; 敵機 .～̀ t á keover 〘経 〙(企業などの )非友好的経営権買収, 乗っ取り .～̀ w í tness 〘法 〙敵意のある証人 〘自分を呼んだ側に不利な証言をする 〙.