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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieshostilidade
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ostilidade
"Ele enfrentou muita hostilidade no novo emprego."
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Unfriendly or oppositional behavior; unfriendliness or antagonism.
"Their initial hostility eventually faded into mutual respect."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French hostilite, from Latin hostilitas, from hostis 'stranger, enemy'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "hostility" is said worldwide
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hostilité
Transliteration: ostilite
"Il a montré beaucoup d'hostilité."
Feindseligkeit
Transliteration: feindseligkeit
"Sie reagierte mit offener Feindseligkeit."
ostilità
Transliteration: ostilita
"C'è molta ostilità tra di loro."
hostilidad
Transliteration: ostilidad
"La hostilidad del público era evidente."
hostilidade
Transliteration: ostilidade
"Ele enfrentou muita hostilidade no novo emprego."
शत्रुता
Transliteration: shatrutaa
"दोनों पक्षों के बीच शत्रुता बढ़ गई है।"
敌意
Transliteration: díyì
"他对我没有表现出任何敌意。"
적대감
Transliteration: jeokdaegam
"그들은 서로에게 적대감을 드러냈다."
敵意
Transliteration: tekii
"彼女の言葉には敵意が含まれていた。"
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