Information about the word hostile (English → Esperanto: malamika)

Synonym: estranged

Part of speechadjective
Pronunciation/ˈhɒstaɪ̯l/
Hyphenationhos·tile
Shavian alphabet𐑣𐑪𐑕𐑑𐑲𐑤
Deseret alphabet𐐸𐐱𐑅𐐻𐐴𐑊

Degrees of comparison

Positivehostile
Comparativemore hostile
Superlativemost hostile

Usage samples

Guyal reined his horse and reflected that flowers were rarely cherished by persons of hostile disposition.
But industry groups say the measure won’t make much difference, in part because it’s unclear whether EU workers want to come back to a country that’s become more hostile to their presence.
Companies now find themselves caught between Western sanctions and public outrage on the one hand, and an increasingly hostile Russian government on the other.

Translations

Dutchvijandig
English (Old English)fah
Esperantomalamika
Frenchadverse; ennemi; hostile
Germanfeindlich; feindselig
Latinhosticus; hostifer; hostilis
Swedishfientlig; illasinnad
West Frisianfijannich