- hostility, enmity, antagonism - a state of deep-seated ill-will
--1 is a kind of state
--1 has particulars:latent hostility, tension; war, state of war; suspicion Derived forms: verb antagonize1, verb antagonise2 - antagonism - the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
--2 is a kind of opposition, oppositeness
Derived form: verb antagonise1 - antagonism - an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
--3 is a kind of hostility, enmity, ill will; dislike
Derived forms: verb antagonize1, verb antagonise2 - antagonism - (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
--4 is a kind of hindrance, interference