Overview of noun hostilities

The noun hostilities has 1 sense

• hostilities, belligerency -- (fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities")

Overview of noun hostility

The noun hostility has 4 senses

• hostility, ill will -- (a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility")


• hostility, enmity, antagonism -- (a state of deep-seated ill-will)


• hostility, enmity, ill will -- (the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility")


• aggression, hostility -- (violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked)