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
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They were reluctant to take any step that might be regarded as ~.
ADVERB
▪ bitterly , decidedly , deeply , downright , extremely , positively ( esp. BrE ), unremittingly , very
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He was deeply ~ to the idea of psychotherapy.
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The audience gave him a downright ~ reception.
▪ entirely , totally
▪ increasingly
▪ apparently
▪ potentially
▪ generally
▪ actively , openly , overtly ( esp. AmE )
▪ mutually
▪ uniformly
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The press became uniformly ~ to the new administration.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
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Many people were openly ~ to the idea.
▪ towards/toward
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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