hostile

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hos·tile [hostile hostiles] BrE [ˈhɒstaɪl] NAmE [ˈhɑːstl] NAmE [ˈhɑːstaɪl] adjective
1. very unfriendly or aggressive and ready to argue or fight
•The speaker got a hostile reception from the audience.
•~ to/towards sb/sth She was openly hostile towards her parents.
2. ~ (to sth) strongly rejecting sth
Syn: opposed to
•hostile to the idea of change
•The proposals have provoked a hostile response from opposition parties.
3. making it difficult for sth to happen or to be achieved
•hostile conditions for plants to grow in
4. belonging to a military enemy
•hostile territory
5. (business) (of an offer to buy a company, etc.)not wanted by the company that is to be bought
•a hostile takeover bid

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin hostilis, from hostis ‘stranger, enemy’.

Example Bank:
•He was extremely hostile towards her.
•Many people were openly hostile to the idea.
•The audience gave him a downright hostile reception.
•The experience has made him generally hostile to women.
•The press became uniformly hostile to the new administration.
•They were reluctant to take any step that might be regarded as hostile.
•politically hostile newspapers
•Many of the employees were hostile to the idea of change.
•The speaker got a very hostile reception from the audience.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  uncongenial, unfriendly
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  friendly, amicable