The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ENEMY , but the solution may also be UGLY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Hostile crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ENEMY | 19 % | 5 |
| INIMICAL | 19 % | 8 |
| UGLY | 14 % | 4 |
| ADVERSE | 14 % | 7 |
| ILL | 11 % | 3 |
| ALIEN | 8 % | 5 |
| AVERSE | 6 % | 6 |
| WARLIKE | 3 % | 7 |
| BITTER | 3 % | 6 |
| FOE | 3 % | 3 |
Why may UGLY be the right solution?
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Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hostile
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- enemy
- inimical
- antagonistic
- antipathetical
- opponent
- antipathetic
- ill
- opposing
- unfavourable
- truculent
- unfavorable
- aggressive
Crossword Answer definitions
ENEMY noun- Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
- A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
- Something harmful or threatening to another
- To make an enemy of.
- Of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ENEMY
- Foe
- Antagonist
- No friend
- Opponent
- Bad guy
- Mortal ___
- Person on one of Nixon's lists
- Shredder, to Michaelangelo, e.g.
- Foeman
- Adversary
More clues leading to the result INIMICAL
- Like nemeses
- Harmful
- Antagonistic
- Unfriendly
- Antagonistic.
- Unfavorable.
- Hostile.
- Adverse
- Hostile
- Not sympathetic
More clues leading to the result UGLY
- Cinderella's sisters, for certain
- Like an ogre
- Loathsome
- Not very pretty
- Sight that makes eyes sore
- Dangerous, as a situation
- Like some truths
- The __ Duckling
- Coyote ___
- Ill-favored
More clues leading to the result ADVERSE
- Detrimental
- Hostile
- Far from propitious
- Inauspicious
- Unfavorable
- Negative
- Antagonistic
- Bad
- Ill-omened
- Madison Avenue jingle?
More clues leading to the result ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result ALIEN
- 1979 Sigourney Weaver thriller
- 1979 space thriller
- Nonnational
- Of another land
- Sigourney Weaver sci-fi film, 1979
- Sigourney Weaver shocker
- __ and Sedition Acts
- Foreign
- Green card holder
- Roswell regular?
More clues leading to the result AVERSE
- Opposed
- Contrary
- Not inclined
- Against
- Disinclined
- Loath
- Quite disinclined
- Far from eager
- Strongly opposed
- Not at all eager
More clues leading to the result WARLIKE
More clues leading to the result BITTER
- Tasting like quinine
- Like some pills
- Acrimonious
- Resentful
- With 22-Across, seder plate item
- Kind of pill
- Hostile
- Like the taste of aspirin
- Harboring a grudge
- Caustic