hostilité

Definitions of hostilité
  1. noun
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
    synonyms: méchanceté
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    type of:
    inimitié, malveillance
    the feeling of a hostile person
  2. noun
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
    synonyms: inimitié
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    guerre froide
    a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare
    méfiance, suspicion
    the state of being suspected
    type of:
    état
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  3. noun
    the feeling of a hostile person
    synonyms: inimitié, malveillance
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    méchanceté
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
    antagonisme
    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
    agression
    a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
    rancoeur, rancune
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
    rancoeur
    a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
    jalousie
    a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
    type of:
    haine
    the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
  4. noun
    an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
    synonyms: antagonisme
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    type of:
    aversion, répulsion
    a feeling of aversion or antipathy
    inimitié, malveillance
    the feeling of a hostile person
  5. noun
    the quality of being unpleasant
    synonyms: malveillance, méchanceté
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    type of:
    désagrément
    the quality of giving displeasure
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