1 (antagonistic) [+person, question, atmosphere] hostil Drinking may make a person feel relaxed and happy, or it may make her hostile, violent, or depressed The course helps young people who feel both hostile and apathetic to begin with find qualities in themselves they did not know they possessed The public's view of him was shaped by hostile journalists ...public speakers facing a hostile audience For many years, these immigrants have lived in a hostile [society]. The party's leaders faced hostile questions from delegates He's had to fend off attacks from a hostile press ...a President already under siege by a hostile Congress He will govern in the face of a hostile Christian Democrat majority The increasingly hostile attitude of the Gaullists
to get a hostile reception tener una recepción hostil
Far from getting a hostile reception, he's doing very nicely
to be hostile to towards sth/sbor ser hostil a algo/con algn
He was hostile to her two children ...a church hostile to any birth control Many professional people are hostile towards the present system of government ...the current hostile atmosphere towards foreigners
hostile witness (Jur) testigo hostil desfavorable; (m)or
2 (Mil) [+force, aircraft, territory] hostil ...a Croat village surrounded by hostile Bosnian Muslim forces ...early-warning radars to detect approaching hostile aircraft
3 (unfavourable) [+conditions, weather, environment] adverso; desfavorable ...some of the most hostile climatic conditions in the world ...the continuously hostile weather... ...the problem of running machinery in hostile [environments].
4 (Economics) hostil Worries about a hostile takeover are fading
a hostile takeover bid una OPA hostil
They managed to thwart a hostile takeover attempt by Grand Metropolitan PLC
