Definition von „hostile“ auf Englisch

adjective

1. Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.

   • a hostile force
   • hostile intentions
   • a hostile country
   • hostile to a sudden change

2. Aggressive; antagonistic.

3. Unwilling.

4. (not comparable) Being or relating to a hostile takeover.

   • Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo! as soon as Friday, according to a published report.

noun

1. (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.