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an·i·mos·i·ty

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–noun, plural -ties.

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.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME animosite (< MF) < LL animōsitās. See animus, -ose¹, -ity

]

—Synonyms hostility, unfriendliness, opposition, antagonism, animus, hatred.

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an·i·mos·i·ty Audio Help (ān'ə-mŏs'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. an·i·mos·i·ties

Bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred.
A hostile feeling or act. See Synonyms at enmity.

[Middle English animosite, from Old French, from Late Latin animōsitās, courage, from Latin animōsus, bold, from animus, soul, spirit; see anə- in Indo-European roots.]

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1432, "vigor," from L. animositatem (nom. animositas), from animosus "bold, spirited." Sense of "hostile feeling" is first recorded 1605, from a secondary sense in L. (see animus).

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animosity
noun
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

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animosity [ӕniˈmosəti] noun

(a) strong dislike or hatred
Example: The rivals regarded one another with animosity.

Arabic:	حِقْد، عِداء، بُغْضَاء
Chinese (Simplified):	仇恨
Chinese (Traditional):	仇恨
Czech:	nenávist, nepřátelství
Danish:	fjendskab; had; uvilje
Dutch:	animositeit
Estonian:	vaenulikkus
Finnish:	vihamielisyys
French:	animosité
German:	die Feindseligkeit
Greek:	εχθρότητα
Hungarian:	gyűlölet
Icelandic:	fjandskapur
Indonesian:	kebencian
Italian:	animosità

Japanese:	敵意
Korean:	증오, 원한
Latvian:	naids; niknums
Lithuanian:	priešiškumas
Norwegian:	fiendskap, hat
Polish:	uraza
Portuguese (Brazil):	animosidade
Portuguese (Portugal):	animosidade
Romanian:	animozitate
Russian:	враждебность
Slovak:	animozita
Slovenian:	sovražnost
Spanish:	animosidad
Swedish:	fientlighet, animositet
Turkish:	kin, nefret

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Animosity

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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