Collocations for hostile - adj.
VERBS
appear,
be,
feel,
seem
become, turn
remain
make sb
The experience has made him generally hostile to women.
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.
They were reluctant to take any step that might be regarded as hostile.
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.
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.
increasingly
apparently
potentially
generally
actively, openly, overtly (esp. AmE)
mutually
uniformly
The press became uniformly hostile to the new administration.
PREPOSITION
to
Many people were openly hostile to the idea.
Many people were openly hostile to the idea.
towards/toward
He was extremely hostile towards/toward her.
He was extremely hostile towards/toward her.
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
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