Hostile and Positive

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Hostile

Hostile adjective - Opposed to one's interests.
Usage example: the company's president vows to fight the hostile takeover by the giant corporation
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Positive is an antonym for hostile.
Nearby Word: hostility

Positive

Positive adjective - Expressing approval.
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Hostile is an antonym for positive.
Nearby Words: position, positively, positivism, posited, positing
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  • Music / The Minutemen Not Christian Rock: "Jesus and Tequila" is a song that talks about Jesus in a somewhat positive light and "God Bows to Math" references God and Enoch from The Bible in a non-hostile manner (despite the title).
    Source: Music / The Minutemen
  • The player can only answer by clicking along the spectrum in the heads up display when active (with red corresponding to negative/no/confrontational/hostile answers, green to positive/yes/supportive/friendly answers, and blue to neutral), but everyone reacts as if the player is speaking to them.
    Source: Video Game / [MODE]
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Positive or Hostile. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hostile/positive.

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