Mammoth Memory

Hostile – Unfriendliness or opposition

(Pronounced hoss-tyle)

To remember the definition of the word hostile, use the following mnemonic:

The host's floor tiles (hostile) showed he was not friendly.

The host's floor tiles (hostile) showed she was not friendly.

 

Examples of hostile in a sentence

April left her job because of the hostile work environment.

The hostile dog growled at me.

When the police officer pointed the gun at me, he looked quite hostile.