Hostile and Resisting

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

Resisting and hostile are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resisting" instead an adjective "Hostile".

Nearby Word: hostility

Resisting

Definitions of Hostile not found.

Hostile and resisting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hostile" instead an adjective "Resisting".

Both words in one sentence

  • Anti-Magic Dwarves get a 10% chance of resisting hostile magic and cannot be mages, "thanks" to the resistance they developed from living around deposits of the magical substance known as lyrium.
    Source: Anti-Magic
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Resisting and Hostile. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hostile/resisting
Hostile & Resisting. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hostile/resisting>.
Resisting or Hostile. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hostile/resisting.
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