hostility

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
  2. noun a state of deep-seated ill-will
  3. noun the feeling of a hostile person

Etymology

From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin hostīlitās. By surface analysis, hostile + -ity.

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Synonyms

ill will

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