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hostile

adjective abusive, acrimonious, actively opposed, adverse, aggressive, alienated, antagonistic, antipodal, antithetic, antithetical, antonymous, arguing, argumentative, assaulting, at odds, at variance, baneful, battling, besetting, bitter, bristling, calamitous, challenging, clashing, combative, competitive, contentious, contradictory, contrariant, contrarious, contrary, counteracting, counteractive, disaffected, disagreeing, disastrous, discordant, disdainful, disloyal, disputatious, dissentient, dissenting, dissentious, dissident, divided, dreadful, embittered, estranged, factious, frictional, full of hate, full of malice, harmful, harsh, ill-disposed, ill-willed, in opposition, incompatible, inconsistent with, infensus, inimical, inimicus, irreconcilable, malevolent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppugnant, polarized, pugnacious, rancorous, reactionary, refractory, renitent, reverse, schismatic, spiteful, truculent, unconsonant, uncooperative, unharmonious, vicious, vis-à-vis, wrangling
Associated concepts: hostile fire, hostile intent, hostile party, hostile possession of property, hostile witness

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Here are the 10 Welsh MPs who had the highest share of negative but not hostile messages: 1.

TheWelsh MPs who received the most hostile messages ONTWITTER

Established in 1996, Hostile Control Tactics is a tier-one provider of counter-terrorism law and military tactical training.

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Supreme Leader Ali Khamenehi has written at least two letters to President Obama, so he has had similar contact with a hostile government.

Rezaian to be tried for writing Obama (but Khamenehi did that, too!)

As the threat of hostile takeovers has grown the number of corporations introducing takeover defense measures has rapidly increased since the mid-2000s.

Difficulties of Hostile Takeovers in Japan

Competitive auction scenarios occurred infrequently (37% of the time), but when they did, shareholders were the clear winners, on average receiving a substantially higher premium, while the hostile bidder was most often left empty-handed, prevailing only one-third of the time.

Study of Hostile Take-Over Bids in Canada Reveals a Hard Road for Unwanted Suitors

CMP officials allege that witnesses are turning hostile owing to pressure by the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM), a charge the latter denies.

Kerala talks tough on hostile witnesses in TPC murder case

The results showed that, after each day, those who played the violent games had an increase in their hostile expectations.

Violent video games drive aggressive behaviour

Opposing Lekhi's argument, Delhi government's standing counsel ( criminal) Pawan Sharma pleaded the court to refer the matter to the additional chief metropolitan magistrate for trial of 19 witnesses for turning hostile.

Munshi pleads against perjury trial

Internet websites and blogs have subjected a number of different media to their reactions as believers, doubters, apathetic or hostile listeners.

Who hears you when you speak

Many hostile approachescome after attempts at a recommended offer have failed.

Are you ready for a hostile takeover? Charles Cattaneo and Ian Stanway of Grant Thornton's capital markets team highlight some of the issues involved with defending a hostile takeover

The advanced registration would allow the beer company to cope with a hostile takeover bid more promptly by shortening the procedural period for an actual issuance to some 10 days from a conventional 25 days.

Sapporo Holdings registering warrant issue to ward off takeover bids

In my experience, the Buddhists are the absolute nicest and most tolerant while it is the Christians who are the most hostile and intolerant.