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How to pronounce “hostile”
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Pronunciation guide for hostile
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hostile with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons
and the military personnel are unsure if this person's hostile or not,
- Definition summary
- Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce hostile
The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons

and the military personnel are unsure if this person's hostile or not,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hostile”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- 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.
- Unwilling.
- (not comparable) Being or relating to a hostile takeover.
- [Noun]
- (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.
Practice Nearby Words
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