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animosity
[ an-uh-mos-i-tee ]
noun
- a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action:
a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one's neighbor.
Synonyms: unfriendliness, hatred, animus, antagonism, opposition, hostility
animosity
/ ˌænɪˈmɒsɪtɪ /
noun
- a powerful and active dislike or hostility; enmity
Word History and Origins
Origin of animosity1
Word History and Origins
Origin of animosity1
Example Sentences
But the animosity between the community and law enforcement is nothing new.
Is it weird to see all the current animosity between the U.S. and Russia now?
The result created quite a bit of “animosity and bad blood.”
It is this mindless atrocity, driven by both avarice and animosity, that is at play in the film.
But animosity started in the1920s, with Jewish-Arab clashes.
Hilda impetuously turned her head; their glances met for an instant, in suspicion, challenge, animosity.
The animosity to the Dutch mingled itself both with the animosity to standing armies and with the animosity to Crown grants.
Animosity is resolute even in its caprices; it has few facilities for disguise and but little capacity for assumption.
There was therefore not the same animosity in their struggle as there might have been had the religious question entered it.
Frederick's animosity reached its highest pitch at that time, and we now know the full extent of the malady.
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