1. hostility(n = noun.attribute) ill will - a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"
is a kind of unfriendliness
has particulars: virulence, virulency
2. hostility(n = noun.state) antagonism, enmity - a state of deep-seated ill-will;
is a kind of state
has particulars: latent hostility, tension, state of war, war, cold war, suspicion, cold war
3. hostility(n = noun.feeling) enmity, ill will - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"
is a kind of hate, hatred
has particulars: animosity, animus, bad blood, class feeling, antagonism, aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment
Derived form adjective hostile1
4. hostility(n = noun.act) aggression - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked;
is a kind of action
has particulars: meat grinder, force, violence, pillage, pillaging, plundering
Derived form adjective hostile5
1. State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity. [1913 Webster]
"Hostility being thus suspended with France." [1913 Webster]
2. An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. See hostilities [1913 Webster]
"He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend."
hostility, n. (pl. -ies)
1 being hostile, enmity.
2 a state of warfare.
3 (in pl.) acts of warfare.
4 opposition (in thought etc.).
Etymology:
F hostilit{eacute} or LL hostilitas (as HOSTILE)
N enmity, hostility, unfriendliness, discord, bitterness, rancor, alienation, estrangement, dislike, hate, heartburning, animosity, malevolence, inimical, unfriendly, hostile, at enmity, at variance, at daggers drawn, at open war with, up in arms against, in bad odor with, on bad terms, not on speaking terms, cool, cold, cold hearted, estranged, alienated, disaffected, irreconcilable.