About The Word Animosity
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Animosity
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What's The Definition Of Animosity?
[n] a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
Synonyms | Synonyms for Animosity: animus | bad blood Related Terms | Find terms related to Animosity: acerbity | acid | acidity | acidulousness | acrimony | animus | antagonism | antipathy | asperity | bad blood | bad feeling | bile | bitter feeling | bitter resentment | bitterness | bitterness of spirit | causticity | choler | contempt | detestation | disaffinity | enmity | feud | gall | gnashing of teeth | hard feelings | hardheartedness | hatred | heartburning | hostility | ill blood | ill feeling | ill will | immediate dislike | loathing | malevolence | malice | personality conflict | rancor | rankling | resentment | slow burn | soreness | sourness | spleen | vendetta | venom | virulence | vitriol See Also | enmity | hostility | ill will Animosity In Webster's Dictionary \An`i*mos"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Animosities}. [F.
animosit['e], fr. L. animositas. See {Animose}, {Animate}, v.
t.]
1. Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] --Skelton.
Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and
execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth.
--Holland.
2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active
enmity; energetic dislike. --Macaulay.
Syn: Enmity; hatred; opposition. -- {Animosity}, {Enmity}.
Enmity be dormant or concealed; animosity is active
enmity, inflamed by collision and mutual injury between
opposing parties. The animosities which were continually
springing up among the clans in Scotland kept that
kingdom in a state of turmoil and bloodshed for
successive ages. The animosities which have been
engendered among Christian sects have always been the
reproach of the church.
Such [writings] as naturally conduce to inflame
hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable.
--Spectator.
[These] factions . . . never suspended their
animosities till they ruined that unhappy
government. --Hume.
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