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Search phrase: hostile

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5 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Coriolanus	Cor III.iii.97	Given hostile strokes, and that not in the presence	Giuen Hostile strokes, and that not in the presence
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 I.i.9	Of hostile paces. Those opposed eyes,	Of hostile paces. Those opposed eyes,
Pericles	Per I.ii.24	With hostile forces he'll o'erspread the land,	With hostile forces heele ore-spread the land,
Richard III	R3 IV.iv.399	Of hostile arms! Myself myself confound!	Of hostile Armes: My selfe, my selfe confound:
Timon of Athens	Tim V.i.197	Their fears of hostile strokes, their aches, losses,	Their feares of Hostile strokes, their Aches losses,

Poems

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Glossary

19 result(s).

adverse	unfavourable, harmful, hostile
adverse	hostile, belligerent, antagonistic
battle	hostile encounter, force
brush	hostile meeting, collision, forceful encounter
contentious	hostile, belligerent, quarrelsome
contrarious	adverse, unfavourable, hostile
front	oppose, confront, be hostile to
have	[to someone] expression initiating a mock-hostile exchange
malicious	violent, hostile, wrathful
malign	deal maliciously with, be hostile to
opposed	hostile, of conflicting forces
opposed	hostile, malevolent
opposite	opposed, hostile, adverse, antagonistic [to]
scouring	hostile roving about, aggressive movement
set	be hostile to, make an attack on
stubborn	resistant, hostile, antagonistic
unkind	hostile, cruel, harsh
wayward	hostile, contrary, antagonistic
wilful-opposite	stubbornly hostile, at fault for being too antagonistic

Thesaurus

24 result(s).

encounter, hostile	battle
exchange, mock-hostile	have
hostile	adverse
hostile	adverse
hostile	contrarious
hostile	contentious
hostile	unkind
hostile	wayward
hostile	malicious
hostile	opposed
hostile	opposite
hostile	opposed
hostile	stubborn
hostile encounter	battle
hostile meeting	brush
hostile roving about	scouring
hostile, be	malign
hostile, be	set
hostile, be	front
hostile, stubbornly	wilful-opposite
meeting, hostile	brush
mock-hostile exchange	have
roving about, hostile	scouring
stubbornly hostile	wilful-opposite

Themes and Topics

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Discourse markers

...u with another initiating a mock-hostile exchange trow ma iii iv 52 ...

Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
HOSTILE	BASIC	hostile adj, hostility n

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