# hostile

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɒstaɪl/ · frequency rank #6,365

## Definitions
1. Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
2. Aggressive; antagonistic.
3. Unwilling.
4. Being or relating to a hostile takeover.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ.

## Easily confused with
- **hustle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hostile-vs-hustle)
- **hottie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hostile-vs-hottie)
- **hosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hostile-vs-hosting)
- **hostel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hostel-vs-hostile)
- **hostage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hostage-vs-hostile)
- **hospice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hospice-vs-hostile)
- **hastily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hastily-vs-hostile)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hhostile`, `hositle`, `hosstile`, `hostiel`, `hostille`, `hostlie`, `hosttile`, `hotsile`, `hsotile`, `ohstile`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hostile