be hostile to's Usage Examples:

the territory by establishing a settlement whose inhabitants would be hostile to White Russian émigrés, especially the Cossacks.

region had been loyal to the Ottoman Empire and were therefore likely to be hostile to Soviet intentions.

his armies, blocking the arrival of some cardinal electors known to be hostile to his interests.

After the latter proved to be hostile to the bans, the House of Basarab formally ended with the rise of Neagoe.

It may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion, and it may not aid,.

Smith believes that intellectuals have an inherent tendency to be hostile to their native cultures, causing them to embrace secularism.

tolerating multiple cultures to tolerating multiple value systems, which can be hostile to liberalism.

Meskheti) located near the Turkish-Georgian border which were likely to be hostile to Soviet intentions.

William himself was a military king who was reported to be hostile to drama.

However all the bishops were wary of crossing the Thames into London, where the population was known to be hostile to them.

from Saint Thomas Aquinas to Anatole France, clearly seems to me to be hostile to any intellectual or moral advancement.

The French hoped that Julius III would be hostile to the interests of the Holy Roman Empire.

Patupaiarehe can be hostile to humans, particularly those who intrude on their lands.

Synonyms:

unpeaceful, antagonistic, aggressive, dirty, antipathetical, head-on, violent, opponent, unfriendly, hateful, opposing, antipathetic, at loggerheads, offensive, ill, bitter, inimical, belligerent,

Antonyms:

defensive, peaceful, amicable, nonviolent, unaggressive, lovable, friendly,