Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun latent_hostility
1 sense of latent hostility
Sense 1
latent hostility, tension -- (feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions")
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism -- (a state of deep-seated ill-will)