hostile
/ˈhɑstəl/ adjective C1- 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· hostile intentions
- Aggressive; antagonistic.
- Unwilling.
- 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.
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In age he was rather younger than Douglas—forty-five at the most—a tall, straight, broad-chested fellow with a clean-shaved, prize-fighter face, thick, strong, black eyebrows, and a pair of masterful black eyes which might, even without the aid of his very capable hands, clear a way for him through a hostile crowd.
Holmes's debonair manner was a new experience, and though he vaguely felt that it was hostile, he did not know how to counter it.
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