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Collocations for hostile - adj.

VERBS

appear, be, feel, seem
become, turn
remain
make sb
The experience has made him generally hostile to women.
consider sth, deem sth, perceive sth as, regard sth as, see sth as
They were reluctant to take any step that might be regarded as hostile.

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ADVERB

bitterly, decidedly, deeply, downright, extremely, positively (esp. BrE), unremittingly, very
He was deeply hostile to the idea of psychotherapy.
The audience gave him a downright hostile reception.
entirely, totally
increasingly
apparently
potentially
generally
actively, openly, overtly (esp. AmE)
mutually
uniformly
The press became uniformly hostile to the new administration.

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PREPOSITION

to
Many people were openly hostile to the idea.
towards/toward
He was extremely hostile towards/toward her.

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Hostile is used with these nouns:
act, atmosphere, attitude, audience, bid, camp, climate, comment, critic, criticism, crowd, environment, feeling, fire, force, glare, mob, neighbour, questioning, reaction, reception, regime, review, takeover, territory, tribe, witness

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