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hostile

/ˈhɑstəl/ adjetivo C1

En español: hostil

  1. 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
  2. Aggressive; antagonistic.
  3. Unwilling.
  4. 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.
The Valley of Fear, p. 25 · C1
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.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 41 · B2

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