Hostility
Hostility noun - A deep-seated ill will.
Usage example: a lingering hostility between the two neighbors ever since since they had that property-line dispute
Nearby Word: hostile
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- resentment and hostility
- resentment and hate
- animosity and hostility
- animosity and hate
- bitterness and hostility
- bitterness and hate
- antagonism and hostility
- antagonism and hate
- loathing and hostility
- loathing and hate
- abhorrence and hostility
- abhorrence and hate
- abomination and hostility
- abomination and hate
How words are described
| human | human hostility | human hate |
| long | long hostility | long hate |
| total | total hostility | total hate |
| genuine | genuine hostility | genuine hate |
| Other adjectives: sheer, deep, actual, real, massive, extreme, great, intense, irrational, personal, continued, general, apparent, less, unwarranted, mutual, outright, longstanding. | ||
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