hostility
US: /hɑˈstɪɫəti/
UK: /həstˈɪlɪti/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
hostility /hɔs'tiliti/- danh từ
- sự thù địch; thái độ thù địch; hành vi thù địch
- tình trạng chiến tranh
- (số nhiều) hành động chiến tranh; chiến sự
- to open hostilities: khai chiến
- during the hostilities
- trong lúc có chiến sự
- sự chống đối (về tư tưởng...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [U] ~ (to / towards sb/sth) unfriendly or aggressive feelings or behaviour: feelings of hostility towards people from other backgrounds + There was open hostility between the two schools.
2 [U] ~ (to / towards sth) strong and angry opposition towards an idea, a plan or a situation: public hostility to nuclear power
3 (hostilities) [pl.] (formal) acts of fighting in a war: the start / outbreak of hostilities between the two sides + a cessation of hostilities (= an end to fighting)
Thesaurus dictionary
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.
Collocation
1 opposition/aggressive feelings or behaviour
ADJ.
bitter, considerable, deep, extreme, great, implacable | downright, open, outright
Mixed-race couples faced open hostility.
| veiled
There was a barely veiled hostility in her tone.
| general, widespread | popular, public
the widespread popular hostility towards the war
| personal | continuing, growing | mutual
VERB + HOSTILITY
feel
the deep hostility felt by many teenagers against the police
| express, show | arouse, attract, provoke
The prime minister was concerned that such a move would arouse public hostility.
| be greeted with, be met with, encounter, face, meet with
The proposal was met with outright hostility.
PREP.
~ between
You could almost feel the hostility between her and her mother.
| ~ against/to/towards
the bitter hostility towards the occupying forces
2 hostilities: fighting in a war
VERB + HOSTILITY
cease, end, suspend
Both sides finally agreed to suspend hostilities.
| resume
Hostilities were resumed later that year.
HOSTILITY + VERB
begin, break out | cease, end
On the 11th of November 1918 hostilities ceased.
| resume
PREP.
~ against
the beginning of hostilities against Germany in 1914
| ~ between
Hostilities broke out between the two provinces later that year.
PHRASES
the cessation of hostilities, an outbreak of hostilities
Concise dictionary
hostilitieshɑ'stɪlətɪ /hɒ's-noun
+a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
+a state of deep-seated ill-will
+the feeling of a hostile person
+violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
