HOSTILITY

n. 1 antagonism, opposition, enmity, animosity, antipathy, animus, ill will, malevolence, malice, aversion, unfriendliness Do you still harbour the feelings of hostility towards them that you had during the war? The petty quarrels broke out into open hostility 2 hostilities. war, warfare, fighting, combat, action, state of war, bloodshed Hostilities ceased when the factions agreed to parley