hostile meaning
EN
[hɒstaɪl] [-ɒstəl] 
US FR hostile 
- NounPLhostilesSUF-ile
- (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.
- (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.
- AdjectiveCOMmore hostileSUPmost hostile
- Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly.
- a hostile force
- hostile intentions
- a hostile country
- hostile to a sudden change
- Aggressive, antagonistic.
- Of a hostile takeover.
- Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
- Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- As if the hostile takeover weren't enough, to add insult to injury they scrapped ninety percent of our products and replaced them with their own.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of hostile in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "hostile" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.