hostility
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
he could not conceal his hostility
Types & categories
- unfriendliness hypernym
- virulence hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a state of deep-seated ill-will
Types & categories
- state hypernym
- latent hostility hyponym
- state of war hyponym
- cold war hyponym
- suspicion hyponym
- Cold War instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- antagonist derivation
- antagonize derivation
- antagonistic derivation
- antagonistic derivation
- inimical derivation
Sense 3 noun
the feeling of a hostile person
he could no longer contain his hostility
Types & categories
- hate hypernym
- animosity hyponym
- class feeling hyponym
- antagonism hyponym
- aggression hyponym
- belligerency hyponym
- bitterness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Types & categories
- action hypernym
- meat grinder hyponym
- violence hyponym
- plundering hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unfriendliness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | virulence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antagonist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antagonize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antagonistic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antagonistic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inimical |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | latent hostility |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | state of war |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cold war |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | suspicion |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cold War |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hostile |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inimical |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | animosity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | class feeling |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | antagonism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | aggression |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | belligerency |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bitterness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hostile |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | action |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | meat grinder |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | violence |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | plundering |