Hostility: alternatives and connections

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to de…

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Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

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The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war…

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Mere spiritedness or courage.

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Animating spirit; intention; temper.

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Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

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Alt. of Belligerency

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The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.

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The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of…

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To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

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The act of pillaging; robbery.

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of Pillage

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of Plunder

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The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

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The act of resenting.

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The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very sl…

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The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the m…

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The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.

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Alt. of Virulency

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The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.

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Ware; aware.

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One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.

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One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.

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Alt. of Antagonistical

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Alt. of Antagonistical

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To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

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To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

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Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupi…

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Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupi…

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Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.

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The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war…

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Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

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The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.

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