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animosity

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an·i·mos·i·ty  (n-ms-t)
n. pl. an·i·mos·i·ties
1. Bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred.
2. A hostile feeling or act. See Synonyms at enmity.

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

animosity
Noun
pl -ties a powerful dislike or hostility [see animus]

animosity
an active dislike or energetic hostility that leads to strong opposition.
See also: Attitudes
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.animosityanimosity - a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
ill will, enmity, hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"

animosity
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Spanish animosity [ænɪˈmɔsɪtɪ] nanimosidad f; rencor m
French animosity [ænɪˈmɔsɪtɪ] nanimosité f
German animosity [ænɪˈmɔsɪtɪ] nFeindseligkeit f
Italian animosity [ænɪˈmɔsɪtɪ] nanimosità

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To represent me as viewing it with ill-nature, animosity, or partisanship, is merely to do a very foolish thing, which is always a very easy one; and which I have disregarded for eight years, and could disregard for eighty more.
The conclusions deduced from these facts are unavoidable, and in stating them the author has been influenced by no feeling of animosity, either to the individuals themselves, or to that glorious cause which has not always been served by the proceedings of some of its advocates.
And thus doth it roll stones out of animosity and ill-humour, and taketh revenge on whatever doth not, like it, feel rage and ill-humour.
 
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