What is another word for hostile?
1227 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈɒsta͡ɪl], [ hˈɒstaɪl], [ h_ˈɒ_s_t_aɪ_l]
When it comes to finding the right word to describe something as difficult or unfriendly, "hostile" may not always fit the bill. Luckily, there are plenty of synonyms to choose from in the English language. If you're looking for a sharper, more aggressive tone, "belligerent" or "combative" might do the trick. For a more subtle synonym, "unwelcoming" or "unfriendly" could work as well. Other possibilities include "antagonistic," "adversarial," "challenging," or "oppositional." Whether you're trying to convey a sense of danger or simply an uncomfortable atmosphere, there's sure to be a word that can capture the sentiment.
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Similar words for hostile:
- aggressive (adjective)
- conflicting (adjective)
- destructive (adjective)
- discordant (adjective)
- glacial (adjective)
- hard (adjective)
- hateful (adjective)
- inimical (adjective)
- malevolent (adjective)
- opposite (adjective)
- sullen (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- antipathetic (adjective)
- averse (adjective)
- bellicose (adjective)
- belligerent (adjective)
- black (adjective)
- chill (adjective)
- chilly (adjective)
- contrary (adjective)
- disaffected (adjective)
- factious (adjective)
- fighting (adjective)
- forbidding (adjective)
- icy (adjective)
- ill (adjective)
- indisposed (adjective)
- inhospitable (adjective)
- jaundiced (adjective)
- malign (adjective)
- ominous (adjective)
- opposed/opposing (adjective)
- sarcastic (adjective)
- stony (adjective)
- truculent (adjective)
- unadvantageous (adjective)
- unfavorable (adjective)
- unhospitable (adjective)
- unlike (adjective)
- unsociable (adjective)
- venomous (adjective)
- up in arms (adverb)
- belligerent
- cynical
- enraged
- hostile
- noun
- unfriendly
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
Synonyms for Hostile:
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adj.
• aggressive- aggressive ,
- assertive ,
- combative ,
- determined ,
- domineering ,
- forward ,
- militant ,
- offensive ,
- pushy ,
- warlike .
- Squabbling ,
- antagonistic ,
- antipathetic ,
- bickering ,
- brawling ,
- cacophonous ,
- clamoring ,
- clashing ,
- colliding ,
- conflicting ,
- contentious ,
- differing ,
- discordant ,
- dissenting ,
- dissident ,
- dissonant ,
- feuding ,
- harsh ,
- loath ,
- raucous ,
- rioting ,
- rowing ,
- tense ,
- warring .
- discord ,
- fricative ,
- inharmonious ,
- jarring ,
- quarrelsome ,
- tuneless ,
- unharmonious ,
- unmelodious ,
- unmusical .
- Black-hearted ,
- bad-natured ,
- baleful ,
- baneful ,
- bitter ,
- catty ,
- churlish ,
- corrosive ,
- evil ,
- foul ,
- hateful ,
- hurtful ,
- ill-natured ,
- malicious ,
- malignant ,
- mean ,
- nasty ,
- perfidious ,
- rancorous ,
- sinister ,
- spiteful ,
- treacherous ,
- venomous ,
- vicious ,
- vindictive ,
- virulent ,
- wicked ,
- murderous .
- Moping ,
- beetle-browed ,
- broody ,
- cantankerous ,
- crabby ,
- cross ,
- cynical ,
- dark ,
- dejected ,
- dissociable ,
- dour ,
- fretful ,
- frowning ,
- gloomy ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- grim ,
- grouchy ,
- grumpy ,
- irascible ,
- long-faced ,
- melancholy ,
- moody ,
- morose ,
- noncooperative ,
- obstinate ,
- petulant ,
- pouty ,
- scowling ,
- sour ,
- sourpussed ,
- sulky ,
- surly ,
- uncooperative ,
- unfriendly ,
- tenebrific .
- dis inclined ,
- dis liking ,
- dis-inclined ,
- dis-liking ,
- ill disposed ,
- illdisposed ,
- more disliking ,
- more ill disposed ,
- more ill-disposed ,
- more illdisposed ,
- more uneager ,
- most disliking ,
- most ill disposed ,
- most ill-disposed ,
- most illdisposed ,
- most uneager ,
- un eager ,
- un friendlier ,
- un friendliest ,
- un friendly ,
- un willing ,
- un-eager ,
- un-friendlier ,
- un-friendliest ,
- un-friendly ,
- un-willing .
- flip ,
- flippest ,
- have a bone pick ,
- have bone pick ,
- have bone to pick ,
- have chip on shoulder ,
- have chip shoulder ,
- have in for ,
- have it for ,
- hot tempered ,
- more battling ,
- most battling ,
- on outs .
- de pressing ,
- de-pressing ,
- in different ,
- in-different ,
- more uncompanionable ,
- more ungenial ,
- more unwelcoming ,
- most uncompanionable ,
- most ungenial ,
- most unwelcoming ,
- re served ,
- re-served ,
- un companionable ,
- un emotional ,
- un genial ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un responsive ,
- un welcoming ,
- un-companionable ,
- un-emotional ,
- un-genial ,
- un-happier ,
- un-happiest ,
- un-happy ,
- un-responsive ,
- un-welcoming ,
- with drawn ,
- with-drawn .
- Non-conforming ,
- anti thetical ,
- anti-thetical ,
- dis sentient ,
- dis-sentient ,
- head strong ,
- in consistent ,
- in subordinate ,
- in tractable ,
- in-consistent ,
- in-subordinate ,
- in-tractable ,
- more anti ,
- more clashing ,
- more contrariant ,
- more dissentient ,
- more paradoxical ,
- more recusant ,
- more reverse ,
- more wrongheaded ,
- most anti ,
- most clashing ,
- most contrariant ,
- most dissentient ,
- most paradoxical ,
- most recusant ,
- most reverse ,
- most wrongheaded ,
- non conforming ,
- non conformist ,
- re verse ,
- re-verse ,
- wayward .
- dis affected ,
- dis contented ,
- dis loyal ,
- dis satisfied ,
- dis-affected ,
- dis-contented ,
- dis-loyal ,
- dis-satisfied ,
- more unsubmissive ,
- most discontented ,
- most unsubmissive ,
- un compliant ,
- un submissive ,
- un-compliant ,
- un-submissive .
- insurgent ,
- more contending ,
- more estranged ,
- more insurrectionary ,
- more troublemaking ,
- most contending ,
- most estranged ,
- most insurrectionary ,
- most troublemaking ,
- tumultous tumultuous ,
- tumultous-tumultuous ,
- tumultoustumultuous .
- dis putative ,
- dis-putative ,
- fencing ,
- more boxing ,
- more brawling ,
- more disputative ,
- more fencing ,
- more hawkish ,
- more jingoistic ,
- more jousting ,
- more skirmishing ,
- more sparring ,
- more tilting ,
- more warmongering ,
- more wrestling ,
- most boxing ,
- most brawling ,
- most disputative ,
- most fencing ,
- most hawkish ,
- most jingoistic ,
- most jousting ,
- most skirmishing ,
- most sparring ,
- most tilting ,
- most warmongering ,
- most wrestling ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- ready fight ,
- un beatable ,
- un-beatable .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- more foreboding ,
- more glowering ,
- more off putting ,
- more off-putting ,
- more offputting ,
- most foreboding ,
- most glowering ,
- most off putting ,
- most off-putting ,
- most offputting ,
- off putting ,
- offputting ,
- un approachable ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-approachable ,
- un-pleasant .
- dis respectful ,
- dis-respectful ,
- ill mannered ,
- illmannered ,
- in auspicious ,
- in-auspicious ,
- inauspicious ,
- more nocent ,
- more unpromising ,
- most nocent ,
- most unpromising ,
- un fortunate ,
- un gracious ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un promising ,
- un propitious ,
- un wholesome ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-gracious ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-luckiest ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-promising ,
- un-propitious ,
- un-wholesome .
- in disposed ,
- in-disposed ,
- more uninclined ,
- most uninclined ,
- un caring ,
- un inclined ,
- un-caring ,
- un-inclined .
- in hospitable ,
- in-hospitable ,
- more unreceptive ,
- most unreceptive ,
- un congenial ,
- un generous ,
- un receptive ,
- un-congenial ,
- un-generous ,
- un-receptive .
- dis approving ,
- dis-approving ,
- in tolerant ,
- in-tolerant ,
- more disapproving ,
- more grudging ,
- more preconceived ,
- more unindifferent ,
- more warped ,
- most disapproving ,
- most grudging ,
- most preconceived ,
- most unindifferent ,
- most warped ,
- one sided ,
- onesided ,
- pre conceived ,
- pre possessed ,
- pre-conceived ,
- pre-possessed ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un indifferent ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-indifferent .
- Ill-boding ,
- ill boding ,
- ill fated ,
- illboding ,
- illfated ,
- more doomful ,
- more malificent ,
- more precursive ,
- more premonitory ,
- more presaging ,
- most doomful ,
- most malificent ,
- most precursive ,
- most premonitory ,
- most presaging ,
- portentous ,
- pre cursive ,
- pre monitory ,
- pre-cursive ,
- pre-monitory .
- against grain ,
- at crosspurposes ,
- de fending ,
- de-fending ,
- dis agreeing ,
- dis-agreeing ,
- ex posing ,
- ex-posing ,
- in compatible ,
- in-compatible ,
- more combating ,
- more controverting ,
- more crossing ,
- more defending ,
- more denying ,
- more disputed ,
- more disputing ,
- more enemy ,
- more exposing ,
- more facing ,
- more gainsaying ,
- more objecting ,
- more obstructive ,
- more protesting ,
- more repelling ,
- most combating ,
- most controverting ,
- most crossing ,
- most defending ,
- most denying ,
- most disputed ,
- most disputing ,
- most enemy ,
- most exposing ,
- most facing ,
- most gainsaying ,
- most objecting ,
- most obstructive ,
- most opposed ,
- most protesting ,
- most repelling ,
- pro testing ,
- pro-testing ,
- restrictive .
- dis illusioned ,
- dis-illusioned ,
- more chaffing ,
- more cussed ,
- more needling ,
- more snarling ,
- more taunting ,
- more twitting ,
- more weisenheiming ,
- most chaffing ,
- most cussed ,
- most ironical ,
- most needling ,
- most snarling ,
- most taunting ,
- most twitting ,
- most weisenheiming ,
- needling ,
- smartalecky .
- in flexible ,
- in-exorable ,
- in-flexible ,
- un compassionate ,
- un forgiving ,
- un-compassionate ,
- un-forgiving .
- co wing ,
- co-wing ,
- in human ,
- in-human ,
- in-humane ,
- more browbeating ,
- more cowing ,
- more invective ,
- more terrorizing ,
- more vituperous ,
- most browbeating ,
- most cowing ,
- most invective ,
- most terrorizing ,
- most vituperous .
- dis advantageous ,
- dis commodious ,
- dis-advantageous ,
- dis-commodious ,
- illadvised ,
- in advisable ,
- in convenient ,
- in expedient ,
- in felicitous ,
- in opportune ,
- in-advisable ,
- in-convenient ,
- in-expedient ,
- in-felicitous ,
- in-opportune ,
- more discommodious ,
- most discommodious ,
- un favorable ,
- un seasonable ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un suited ,
- un timelier ,
- un timeliest ,
- un timely ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-fit ,
- un-seasonable ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- un-suited ,
- un-timelier ,
- un-timeliest ,
- un-timely .
- dis harmonious ,
- dis sonant ,
- dis-harmonious ,
- dis-sonant ,
- in congruous ,
- in-congruous ,
- mis matched ,
- mis-matched ,
- more disharmonious ,
- more mismatched ,
- most disharmonious ,
- most mismatched ,
- un equal ,
- un liker ,
- un likest ,
- un-equal ,
- un-liker ,
- un-likest .
- laidback ,
- more brooding ,
- more easy going ,
- more easy-going ,
- more nongregarious ,
- more unforthcoming ,
- more unneighborly ,
- more unsocial ,
- most brooding ,
- most easy going ,
- most nongregarious ,
- most unforthcoming ,
- most unneighborly ,
- most unsocial ,
- non gregarious ,
- re tiring ,
- re-tiring ,
- recessive ,
- stuckup ,
- un bending ,
- un forthcoming ,
- un neighborly ,
- un sociable ,
- un social ,
- un-bending ,
- un-communicative ,
- un-forthcoming ,
- un-neighborly ,
- un-sociable ,
- un-social ,
- up pity ,
- up-pity .
-
adv.
• up in arms Other synonyms:
- adversarial ,
- anti ,
- attempted ,
- bipolar ,
- commemorative ,
- face saving ,
- fierce ,
- forbidding ,
- lamely ,
- limp ,
- maiden ,
- on-the-job ,
- parting ,
- preventative ,
- preventive ,
- procedural ,
- rebellious ,
- reciprocal ,
- recreational ,
- repugnant ,
- resistant ,
- saltwater ,
- token ,
- two-handed ,
- unprompted .
- antisocial ,
- chilly ,
- official ,
- opposite ,
- paid ,
- part-time ,
- peacefully ,
- pugnacious ,
- rude ,
- scrappy ,
- two-step .
- amateur ,
- desperate .
Other relevant words:
- Anchoretic ,
- Aversely ,
- Battling ,
- Cojuror ,
- Cold-hearted ,
- Coldish ,
- Compensating ,
- Contradicting ,
- Contradistinct ,
- Contrariant ,
- Contrasted ,
- Counteracting ,
- Digladiation ,
- Disaccordant ,
- Duello ,
- Earwitness ,
- Envenomed ,
- Inaccordant ,
- Inconsonant ,
- Inimically ,
- Irksome ,
- Malignly ,
- Monomachy ,
- Oppugnant ,
- Overthwart ,
- Piqued ,
- Rankling ,
- Renitent ,
- Riling ,
- Unamiable ,
- Unconsonant ,
- Unhospitable ,
- Viperous ,
- acerbic ,
- acid ,
- acrid ,
- acrimonious ,
- adversary ,
- adversative ,
- adverse ,
- adversely ,
- adversive ,
- affair of honor ,
- aggravating ,
- aggression ,
- aggressiveness ,
- agitated ,
- alien ,
- allergic ,
- aloof ,
- anchoritic ,
- anger ,
- animosity ,
- annoyed ,
- annoying ,
- antagonism ,
- antagonist ,
- antagonistically ,
- antagonize ,
- antipathetical ,
- antipodal ,
- antipodean ,
- antithesis ,
- antithetic ,
- antithetical ,
- antonymous ,
- appeal to arms ,
- argumentative ,
- assailant ,
- at cross purposes ,
- at daggers drawn ,
- at enmity ,
- at loggerheads ,
- at odds ,
- at variance ,
- at war ,
- attack ,
- attacking ,
- attitude ,
- audacious ,
- averse ,
- bad ,
- bad-tempered ,
- balancing ,
- barbarous ,
- bare ,
- barren ,
- begrudging ,
- belligerently ,
- black ,
- bleak ,
- block ,
- bloodthirsty ,
- bloody ,
- bloody-minded ,
- bold ,
- brazen ,
- breakaway ,
- callous ,
- caustic ,
- challenging ,
- chauvinist ,
- chauvinistic ,
- chill ,
- choler ,
- choleric ,
- cold ,
- coldly ,
- combatant ,
- compare ,
- competing ,
- competition ,
- competitive ,
- con ,
- conflict ,
- confront ,
- confrontational ,
- confronting ,
- contend ,
- contention ,
- contest ,
- contradict ,
- contradictory ,
- contrapositive ,
- contrariety ,
- contrarily ,
- contrarious ,
- contrast ,
- contrasting ,
- contravene ,
- controvert ,
- contumacious ,
- converse ,
- cool ,
- counter ,
- counteract ,
- counteractant ,
- counteractive ,
- counterbalancing ,
- counterpoised ,
- countervailing ,
- counterworking ,
- crabbed ,
- cranky ,
- crisp ,
- critical ,
- cross-grained ,
- crotchety ,
- cruel ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- currish ,
- damaging ,
- dangerous ,
- dare ,
- daring ,
- defend ,
- defiant ,
- denigrating ,
- deponent ,
- desert ,
- deserted ,
- desolate ,
- despiteful ,
- destructive ,
- destructively ,
- detached ,
- detestable ,
- detrimental ,
- detrimentally ,
- diametric ,
- diametrically opposed ,
- differ ,
- different ,
- difficult ,
- dim ,
- dirty ,
- disadvantageous ,
- disaffected ,
- disagree ,
- disagreeable ,
- disagreeing ,
- disapproving ,
- disastrous ,
- discordantly ,
- discrepant ,
- disenchanted ,
- disgruntled ,
- disinclined ,
- dismal ,
- disobedient ,
- disparaging ,
- displeased ,
- disproportionate ,
- disputatious ,
- dissatisfied ,
- dissenter ,
- dissentient ,
- dissentious ,
- distant ,
- divergent ,
- dreary ,
- duel ,
- dyspeptic ,
- embattled ,
- embittered ,
- enemy ,
- enmity ,
- envious ,
- eremitic ,
- exasperating ,
- exceptional ,
- eyewitness ,
- face-saving ,
- feral ,
- ferocious ,
- feud ,
- fight ,
- fighting ,
- flinty ,
- foe ,
- foreign ,
- forlorn ,
- formal ,
- fractious ,
- freezing ,
- freezingly ,
- frenzied ,
- frigid ,
- front line ,
- frostily ,
- frosty ,
- froward ,
- frozenly ,
- full of fight ,
- full of hate ,
- furious ,
- fury ,
- gainsay ,
- gaunt ,
- gelid ,
- glacial ,
- glacially ,
- grating ,
- gutsy ,
- hard ,
- harmful ,
- haughty ,
- hawkish ,
- hazardous ,
- head-on ,
- headstrong ,
- hermitic ,
- hostilely ,
- hostility ,
- hot-tempered ,
- ice-cold ,
- icily ,
- icy ,
- ill ,
- ill-disposed ,
- ill-tempered ,
- ill-wishing ,
- illy ,
- immiscible ,
- impede ,
- impersonal ,
- impertinent ,
- in conflict ,
- in deadly embrace ,
- in hostile array ,
- in opposition ,
- inappropriate ,
- incensed ,
- incensing ,
- incompatible ,
- incongruous ,
- incongruously ,
- inconsistent ,
- inconsistently ,
- indicator ,
- indignant ,
- indignation ,
- indisposed ,
- infuriating ,
- inhospitable ,
- injurious ,
- injuriously ,
- insubordinate ,
- intractable ,
- intrusive ,
- inverse ,
- invidious ,
- irate ,
- ire ,
- irked ,
- irrelevant ,
- irritable ,
- irritated ,
- irritating ,
- jangling ,
- jaundiced ,
- jealous ,
- jingo ,
- jingoish ,
- jingoist ,
- jingoistic ,
- love ,
- maddening ,
- malign ,
- martial ,
- material witness ,
- menacing ,
- merciless ,
- militantly ,
- militaristic ,
- militarized ,
- military ,
- miserable ,
- mismatched ,
- mordant ,
- mortal ,
- mutinous ,
- negate ,
- negative ,
- nonconformist ,
- not easy ,
- obstreperous ,
- obverse ,
- offish ,
- ominous ,
- opponent ,
- oppose ,
- opposed ,
- opposed to ,
- opposing ,
- oppositely ,
- opposition ,
- oppositional ,
- oppositive ,
- ornery ,
- out of accord ,
- out of whack ,
- paramilitary ,
- passage of arms ,
- peeved ,
- peevish ,
- perilous ,
- perverse ,
- poisonous ,
- polar ,
- prejudicial ,
- provocative ,
- provoked ,
- punitive ,
- querulous ,
- raging ,
- reactionary ,
- rebel ,
- rebelliously ,
- recalcitrant ,
- reclusive ,
- refractory ,
- reluctantly ,
- remote ,
- repel ,
- resentful ,
- resentment ,
- reserved ,
- resist ,
- retaliative ,
- retaliatory ,
- retiring ,
- retributive ,
- retributory ,
- reverse ,
- revolutionary ,
- rigorous ,
- riled ,
- risky ,
- rival ,
- rivalry ,
- rough ,
- roughly ,
- ruinous ,
- saber rattling ,
- sanguinary ,
- sanguineous ,
- sarcastic ,
- satiric ,
- satisfaction ,
- savage ,
- scathing ,
- self-willed ,
- set against ,
- severe ,
- short-tempered ,
- single combat ,
- soldierlike ,
- soldierly ,
- solitary ,
- sore ,
- splenetic ,
- sponsor ,
- spunky ,
- squared off ,
- standoffish ,
- stark ,
- state's evidence ,
- steely ,
- stern ,
- stony ,
- stormy ,
- strange ,
- stressful ,
- stubborn ,
- sword ,
- tactical ,
- tempestuous ,
- testy ,
- threatening ,
- thwart ,
- trenchant ,
- trigger-happy ,
- troublesome ,
- troublous ,
- trying ,
- tumultuous ,
- turbulent ,
- ugly ,
- unaccommodating ,
- unadvantageous ,
- uncaring ,
- unconformable ,
- uncongenial ,
- unconnected ,
- uncontrollable ,
- unemotional ,
- unenthusiastic ,
- unfavorable ,
- unfavourable ,
- unflattering ,
- unforgiving ,
- unforthcoming ,
- unhappy ,
- unimpassioned ,
- uninhabitable ,
- uninviting ,
- unkind ,
- unlike ,
- unpacific ,
- unpeaceable ,
- unpeaceful ,
- unpleasant ,
- unpropitious ,
- unreceptive ,
- unreconcilable ,
- unresponsive ,
- unruly ,
- unsafe ,
- unsatisfied ,
- unsmiling ,
- unsocial ,
- unsuited ,
- unsympathetic ,
- untoward ,
- unwelcoming ,
- unyielding ,
- up in arms ,
- upset ,
- variant ,
- vehement ,
- vengeful ,
- vengefully ,
- vexing ,
- violent ,
- vitriolic ,
- warfare ,
- warmongering ,
- wild ,
- withdrawn ,
- withstand ,
- witness ,
- worked up ,
- wrath ,
- wretched ,
- xenophobic .
- brusque ,
- coolly ,
- disobliging ,
- hard-boiled ,
- offhand ,
- severely ,
- sourly ,
- stiff ,
- stiffly ,
- stonily ,
- stony-faced ,
- unapproachable ,
- wintry .
- Discommodious ,
- Doomful ,
- Precursive ,
- Uncompanionable ,
- Viperish ,
- against the grain ,
- at cross-purposes ,
- battleful ,
- bellicose ,
- belligerent ,
- coldhearted ,
- contrary ,
- disharmonious ,
- disputative ,
- easy going ,
- easy-going ,
- factious ,
- far cry from ,
- flipper ,
- have a bone to pick ,
- have for ,
- have it in for ,
- having no use for ,
- head-strong ,
- hottempered ,
- inhumane ,
- jousting ,
- laid back ,
- malefic ,
- maleficent ,
- malificent ,
- nocent ,
- non-conformist ,
- non-gregarious ,
- nongregarious ,
- not alike ,
- obstructive ,
- off-putting ,
- on the outs ,
- paradoxical ,
- poles apart ,
- preconceived ,
- premonitory ,
- ready to fight ,
- recusant ,
- scoffing ,
- smart alecky ,
- stuck up ,
- sullen ,
- troublemaking ,
- truculent ,
- under arms ,
- uneager ,
- ungenial ,
- uninclined ,
- unindifferent ,
- unneighborly ,
- unpromising ,
- unsociable ,
- unsubmissive ,
- up against ,
- vituperous ,
- weisenheiming ,
- wrongheaded .
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How to use "Hostile" in context?
animals
There are a great many animals in the world that can be considered hostile. Some of these animals may be considered dangerous to humans, but others may just act up and be difficult to handle.
There are animals that are natural predators, such as grizzly bears and lions. These animals are naturally built to attack and can be quite dangerous if not handled correctly. Other animals may not be naturally aggressive, but may act hostile due to being confined in a small area or treated poorly.
Some of the most hostile animals include snakes, spiders, and bears.
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Adjective
antagonistic, inhospitable, unfriendly.
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Independent
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anti, harsh, inclement, offensive, opposed, opposing, resistant, rival, subversive, tough, unfavorable, unfavourable, Enemies, anti-.
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Noun, singular or mass
adversary, aggression.
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Other Related
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Adjective
adverse, aggressive, averse, bellicose, belligerent, confrontational, disadvantageous, enemy, inimical, negative, opposite, adversarial.
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Noun, singular or mass
aggressive, animosity, antagonism, belligerent, enemy, enmity, hostility.
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soldiery, troops, military personnel.
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