Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure. / Aggressive, antagonistic. / Unwilling

(chiefly in the plural) An enemy.

plural of hostile

In a hostile manner.

The quality of being hostile.

plural of hostility

Acts of war.

(uncountable) The state of being hostile. / (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

simple past tense and past participle of hostilize

present participle of hostilize