hostile

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

   the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles

2. 2
   adj

   unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)

   hostile takeover

3. 3
   adj

   not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

   hostile naval and air forces

4. 4
   adj

   very unfavorable to life or growth

   a hostile climate

5. 5
   adj

   characterized by enmity or ill will

   a hostile nation

6. 6
   adj

   impossible to bring into friendly accord

   hostile factions

7. 7
   adj

   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

8. 8
   adj

   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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ.