Reverse Dictionary: HOSTILE

ADJECTIVES
► ADVERSANT opposing oneself, opposing; adverse, hostile to → a1420 obs.
► ADVERSARIOUS adverse, opposed, hostile → 1826
► ADVERSARY opposing, antagonistic, hostile; adverse → a1382
► AFFRONTOUS full of affront; insulting; hostile → 1598 obs.
► ANSETE hateful, hostile, odious → 1000 obs.
► ASOCIAL inconsiderate or hostile to other people → 1883 colloq.
► AT SWORDS DRAWN at the point of fighting or quarrelling; in a state of open hostility → 1890
► AT SWORDS’ POINTS in a state of open hostility → 1895
► CAT-AND-DOG characterized by constant hostility and frequent quarrels → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CONTRAPUGNANT fighting against, of hostile action → 1654 obs.
► CROOKED ON annoyed, angry; hostile or averse to → 1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
► DEAD SET AGAINST totally hostile towards → E19 sl.
► ENEMIOUS hostile, unfriendly → 1529 obs.
► ENVIOUS hostile → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate → OE
► FED ► FEDE at variance, hostile → c1250 obs.
► HATEL full of hatred; malignant, hostile; severe, cruel; fierce, bitter → a850 obs.
► HATELICH malignant, hostile; hateful → c893 obs.
► ILL-MINDED having an evil mind or disposition; unfriendly, hostile, malicious → 1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► INFESTIOUS hostile, troublesome, inimical → 1597 obs.
► INIMICITIOUS hostile, unfriendly, adverse, inimical → 1641 obs.
► NASTY aggressive, hostile, bad-tempered → 1864 sl., orig. US
► OPPOSITE opposed in will or action, hostile, antagonistic, adverse → 1577 obs.
► OPPUGNANT opposing, resisting, hostile, contrary, repugnant → 1513
► QUED hostile, inimical to → a1300 obs.
► QUEDE hostile, inimical to → a1300 obs.
► SALTY angry; hostile → 1936 Amer. dial.
► STUCK ON hostile towards → 1910s US sl.
► TWATTING an intensifier expressing contempt, hostility, annoyance, frustration, etc. → 1967 UK sl.

ADVERBS
► ADVERSARILY adversely, hostilely → 1475 obs.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► BITE MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility → 1966
► BUSS MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility → 1861
► EAT FLAMING DEATH! an overblown expression of hostility → 1975 US sl.
► SUCK MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility → 1865

NOUNS
► ADVERSATION opposition, hostility → 1470 obs.
► ADVERSENESS opposition, hostility; aversion → 1620
► AFFRONT a hostile encounter; an attack, an assault → 1587 obs.
► AFFRONTMENT hostile confrontation; opposition; a hostile encounter → 1611
► ATTITUDE a hostile or haughty attitude; assertive spirit; hence, a cold reception, hostility, anger, etc. → 1962 Amer. sl.
► BARRACE hostility, contention, strife (as per NED: perhaps confused with ‘barrat’) → c1470 obs.
► COUNTER encounter, hostile meeting, opposition → 1330 obs.
► FUZZY END OF THE LOLLIPOP hostile or unfair treatment → 1958 US sl.
► HACKEMS hostilities, conflicts → 1960s Aust. sl.
► RED NECK ill temper, hostility, anger → 1911 Amer. dial.
► RUPTURE an outbreak of hostilities → 1702 obs.
► SNITCH hostility, bad feeling → 1940s NZ sl.
► SNITCHER a dislike; a grudge; hostility; bad feeling → 1940s NZ sl.
► SYTE anger, hostility → c1400 obs.
► WARM RECEPTION, A a vigorous onslaught or resistance; a demonstration of hostile feeling → 1702
► WAR TO THE KNIFE hostility without cessation or moderation; war to the last extremity; fierce or relentless war; deadly strife; a bitter and deadly struggle → 1812

NOUNS – PERSON
► FASCIO an antagonistic, hostile person → 2000s Black British & teen sl.
► HATEL a person who is malevolent or hostile → c1175
► PUNCHBALL a target for aggression, hostility, or abuse → 1920

VERBS
► AGGRESS to show hostile or destructive behaviour against or to → 1951
► BACK-JAW to answer in an insolent or hostile manner → 1928 Amer. dial.
► BEGO to go about hostilely, to beset, to overrun → a855 obs.
► BREAK BAD to become hostile, menacing, or aggressive → 2008 African-American sl.
► BURY THE TOMAHAWK to lay down one’s arms, to cease from hostilities → 1848
► COLD-CUNT of a woman: to treat someone with hostility → 1982 US sl.
► DIG UP THE TOMAHAWK to take up arms in warfare, to commence hostilities → 1848
► FEEL A DRAFT to sense hostility or discrimination → 1957 Amer. dial.
► HAVE IT IN FOR to bear a grudge; to feel hostile towards → E19 sl.
► HEAVE AT to threaten an attack upon; to take up a position of hostility to; to oppose → 1546 obs.
► I-VEE to hate; to make an enemy, to put at enmity; to render hateful or hostile → c975 obs.
► JUMP BAD to become hostile, menacing, or aggressive → 2002 African-American sl.
► JUMP SALTY to get irritated, angry, or hostile, esp. suddenly → 2005 African-American sl.
► LAY ASIDE THE TOMAHAWK to lay down one’s arms, to cease from hostilities → 1806
► SHARE THE RAG to be hostile, to place blame on someone else → 1960s sl.
► TAKE A RUNNING JUMP AT YOURSELF to express hostility, contempt, or defiant indifference → 1871 colloq.
► TOXIFY to cause to become extremely negative, hostile, etc., in a way that has a harmful effect on a person → 1973