Accepting and Hostile

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Accepting

Accepting adjective - Tolerating without protest.
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Hostile is an antonym for accepting.
Nearby Words: accept, accepted, acceptable, acceptance, acceptation

Hostile

Hostile adjective - Marked by opposition or ill will.
Usage example: our landlord has a hostile attitude toward foreigners and refuses to rent to them
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Accepting is an antonym for hostile.
Nearby Word: hostility
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  • Some of his friends, like Jimmy, are accepting when he comes out, but Spinner is immediately hostile toward Marco.
    Source: Gay Aesop
  • Series / In The Flesh His parents are in denial while his sister, a member of the HVF, is more than slightly hostile towards him.Series 2 sees Kieren's unlife improved for the better; family and friends accepting, local community less hostile, part-time job and an extended stay in mainland Europe on the horizon.
    Source: Series / In The Flesh
  • Video Game / Tomodachi Life Miis engaging in a fight (normal or huge, and if the Mii is married, if the fight involves their spouse), Miis accepting an apology after one of them is calmed from a normal fight and apologizes, or a third Mii succeeding in ending a hostile fight.
    Source: Video Game / Tomodachi Life
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