hostility

1. (uncountable) The state of being hostile.Examples: "My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us."; "There is no hostilitie so excellent, as that which is absolutely Christian."; "But with Goodison Park openly directing its full hostility towards Atkinson, Liverpool went ahead when Carroll turned in his first Premier League goal of the season after 70 minutes."Synonyms: antagonism, opposition, enmity, animosity, antipathy, hatred, unfriendlinessuncountable

2. (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.Examples: "As the revivals died down in the 1740s, the revivalist camp made concessions to their opponents, admonished prorevivalists who continued with the hostilities, and generally sought to heal divisions."Synonyms: war, fighting, combatcountable