Hostile

Definition

hostile /'hɒstaÇl; US -tl/ adj ၁။ ~ (to/towards sb/sth ) (က) ရန္လိုေသာ။ a hostile crowd/look/attitude ❍ get a very hostile reception/ response ❍ She found his manner towards her distinctly hostile. (ခ) အျပင္းအထန္ဆန္႔က်င္ [ေသာ]။ be hostile to reform. ၂။ ရန္သူ။ hostile aircraft. ၃။ ( commerce ) ကုမၸဏီတစ္ခု၏ အစုရွယ္ယာမ်ားကို ၎က မလိုလားဘဲဝယ္ယူေသာ (အပိုင္စီးရန္ႀကိဳးပမ္းမႈ)။ a hostile take-over bid ❍ the group's hostile £138m bid for a construction company.

Examples

1. The minister found himself in the middle of a hostile crowd.
2. [hostile to/towards] : She was openly hostile to him.
3. [a hostile reception/reaction/response] : The appearance of more police provoked a hostile reaction from the protesters.
4. Public reaction to the war was generally hostile.
5. [hostile to/towards] : The local community was hostile to plans for a new motorway.
6. The northern half of the island was controlled by hostile forces.
7. Their plane was now flying over hostile territory.
8. Species that live in the most hostile environments on the planet
9. A hostile economic climate
10. A hostile takeover bid