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Hostile vs Antiboss - What's the difference?

hostile | antiboss |

As adjectives the difference between hostile and antiboss

is that hostile is belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly while antiboss is hostile to the authority of bosses.

As a noun hostile

is (chiefly|in the plural) an enemy.

hostile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly
    • a hostile force
    hostile intentions
    a hostile country
    hostile to a sudden change

    Related terms

    * hostility * See also

    Synonyms

    * antagonistic * hateful

    Antonyms

    * friendly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) An enemy.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    antiboss

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • hostile to the authority of bosses
  • * 1990 , Jon C Teaford, The rough road to renaissance: urban revitalization in America, 1940-1985
    • Antiboss rhetoric had long been a part of city politics...
  • * 2004 , Selina Samuels, Australian writers, 1950-1975
    • They throw rubbish on the heads of demonstrators in the street below and are shocked at the demonstrators' antiboss slogans.

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