to be hostile to or toward(s)
1hostile — hos|tile [ hastl ] adjective ** ▸ 1 unfriendly/threatening ▸ 2 opposing something ▸ 3 of/done by enemy in war ▸ 4 difficult/dangerous ▸ 5 in business 1. ) behaving in a very unfriendly or threatening way toward someone: The mayor found himself in …
2hostile — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, seem ▪ become, turn ▪ remain ▪ make sb …
3Hostile media effect — The hostile media effect, sometimes called the hostile media phenomenon, refers to the finding that people with strong biases toward an issue (partisans) perceive media coverage as biased against their opinions. Proponents of the hostile media… …
4hostile — adjective 1) a hostile attack Syn: unfriendly, unkind, bitter, unsympathetic, malicious, vicious, rancorous, venomous, poisonous, virulent; antagonistic, aggressive, confrontational, belligerent, truculent, vitriolic; bellic …
5hostile witness — A witness who is subject to crossexamination by the party who called him, because of his evident antagonism toward that party as exhibited in his direct examination …
6Societal attitudes toward homosexuality — Should homosexuality be accepted in society? Percentage of responders that answered accept:   81% 90% …
7The Decline of the West — Cover of Volume II, first edition, 1922 The Decline of the West (German: Der Untergang des Abendlandes), or The Downfall of the Occident, is a two volume work by Oswald Spengler, the first volume of which was published in the summer of 1918.… …
8Playing company — In Renaissance London, playing company was the usual term for a company of actors. These companies were organized around a group of ten or so shareholders (or sharers ), who performed in the plays but were also responsible for management. [For… …
9Nathaniel Butter — Contents 1 Beginnings 2 Drama 3 Controversy 4 News …
10oppositional defiant disorder — op·po·si·tion·al de·fi·ant disorder .äp ə zish nəl di fī ənt , ən əl n a disruptive behavior pattern of childhood and adolescence characterized by defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior esp. toward adults in positions of authority abbr. ODD * …
