outright hostility

collocation in English

meaningsofoutrightandhostility

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outright
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈaʊt.raɪt/us
/ˈaʊt.raɪt/
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hostility
noun
uk
/hɒsˈtɪl.ə.ti/us
/hɑːˈstɪl.ə.t̬i/
an occasion when someone is unfriendly or shows that they do not ...
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(Definition ofoutrightandhostilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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No trainee reported meeting withoutrighthostility.
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People are moving from acceptance tooutrighthostility.
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These have varied from something between guilt andoutrighthostility.
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Others have vacillated between indifference andoutrighthostility.
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Any project that sought to interfere with the status quo was regarded with suspicion if notoutrighthostility.
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The work also provokedoutrighthostility.
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At that time, many of my warnings were greeted with disbelief, derision and sometimesoutrighthostility.
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Indeed, there isoutrighthostilityto the talks among those who manage and run the company.
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Other authorities and organisations have expressedoutrighthostilityto the idea that civil defence is important.
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Attitudes vary from approval through neutrality tooutrighthostility.
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It is a state that demonstratesoutrighthostilityto women and rejects the basic tenets of democracy.
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That attitude is founded on ignorance, riddled with prejudice, expressed without sympathy and is bordering onoutrighthostility.
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The reviews were decidedly mixed, some being filled withoutrighthostilityor derision.
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This announcement was greeted by controversy andoutrighthostilityin some quarters.
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When he interviews the zoo staff, he encounters anger andoutrighthostility.
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That is a remarkable achievement in difficult and often dangerous conditions in the face of obstructions and, at times,outrighthostilityfrom all three parties.
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These transmissions showed that, although the idea of regions was acceptable to the public, there was less consensus on their limits, or evenoutrighthostility.
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Superheroes at large have appeared only in the past five years, and are viewed with at best, suspicion, and at worst,outrighthostility.
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In her consulting work in the late 1980s she was intrigued at how often potential strategic alliances were unsuccessful, or devolved intooutrighthostility.
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The relevant agencies and witnesses refused to do so, with the refusal varying from polite claims of forgetfulness or references to oaths of secrecy tooutrighthostility.
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The movie came and went within a month, and its critical reception was characterised for the most part by bafflement, condescension, lazy ridicule andoutrighthostility....
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