English-Dutch translations for hostile

• vijandig
  Een zeer vijandige reactie was toen mijn deel. I received a very hostile reception.
  Ze wonen volgens Israël in een vijandige entiteit. Israel takes the view that they live in a hostile entity.
  De sfeer was allesbehalve vijandig. The atmosphere was anything but hostile.
• vijandelijk
  Ze zal de gewapende vijandelijke elementen die de rotzooi in dit enorme gebied van Afrika hebben veroorzaakt, in geen geval aanpakken. Certainly not take on the armed hostile elements that have created the mayhem in this vast area of Africa.

Definition of hostile

• Not friendly, appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure
• Aggressive, antagonistic
• Of a hostile takeover
• An enemy

Examples

• a hostile force
• hostile intentions
• a hostile country
• hostile to a sudden change
• Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.

Related words

• hostilely
• hostile takeover
• hostile witness
• hostile to foreigners
• hostile to life