4.8.1 Hostility
The words in this domain describe a situation in which people disagree about something so strongly that they might start fighting. But these words imply that they have not started fighting yet.
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(1) What words refer to hostility between people?
Example words: conflict, antagonism, discord, disharmony, friction, hostility, ill feeling, rivalry, strife, tension, sit on a powder key, cold war, phony war
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(2) What words describe someone who is hostile?
Example words: hostile, aggressive, combative, contentious, discordant