HOSTILE


Meaning of HOSTILE in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear , be , feel , seem

▪ become , turn

▪ remain

▪ make sb

The experience has made him generally ~ to women.

▪ consider sth , deem sth , perceive sth as , regard sth as , see sth as

They were reluctant to take any step that might be regarded as ~.

ADVERB

▪ bitterly , decidedly , deeply , downright , extremely , positively ( esp. BrE ), unremittingly , very

He was deeply ~ to the idea of psychotherapy.

The audience gave him a downright ~ reception.

▪ entirely , totally

▪ increasingly

▪ apparently

▪ potentially

▪ generally

▪ actively , openly , overtly ( esp. AmE )

▪ mutually

▪ uniformly

The press became uniformly ~ to the new administration.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

Many people were openly ~ to the idea.

▪ towards/toward

He was extremely ~ towards/toward her.

Hostile is used with these nouns: ↑ act , ↑ atmosphere , ↑ attitude , ↑ audience , ↑ bid , ↑ camp , ↑ climate , ↑ comment , ↑ critic , ↑ criticism , ↑ crowd , ↑ environment , ↑ feeling , ↑ fire , ↑ force , ↑ glare , ↑ mob , ↑ neighbour , ↑ questioning , ↑ reaction , ↑ reception , ↑ regime , ↑ review , ↑ takeover , ↑ territory , ↑ tribe , ↑ witness

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .