English-Swedish translations for hostile

• fientlig
  Vidare måste det skapas en fientlig miljö för människohandlare.Furthermore, a hostile environment must be created for human traffickers.
  Det måsta röra sig om människans värdighet och det måste finnas en fientlig eller förödmjukande miljö.Human dignity must be at stake and there must a hostile or humiliating environment.
  I vissa avgörande länder är t.o.m. den allmänna opinionen direkt fientlig.Even in some crucial countries, public opinion is clearly hostile.

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