animosity
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6.1
- noun
- /ˌænɪˈmɒsɪti/
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animosidad
- She couldn't hide her animosity toward her colleague after he took credit for her work.
- ethnic animosity
- racial animosity
- deep animosity
Why have you built up such an animosity towards small talk?
- Why have you built up such an animosity towards small talk?
- It's going to keep you in this place of frustration, resentment, animosity, negativity.
- Like, how do you not have animosity towards him?
- Yeah, but what what fight do you think had more animosity like you or Joe or you and Logan?
- I think I had a lot of probably animosity towards my step brother.
- I don't harbor this any, any animosity, any, any racist feelings myself.
- By working, they compete with Lebanese workers and accept lower pay, which generates an animosity from the host community.
- There is no, there's no inherent animosity about those guys over there who were different than US.
- If you ever notice, there's never been animosity or a beef between UFC and Conor McGregor.
- And that kind of animosity between those two worlds doesn't really help engage the society.
- The sense of in Group, out group kinds of animosity plays a large role in where people stand on this issue.
- Yeah. I mean, candidly, there's some sort of animosity towards XRP and the crypto community. Um, I'm not exactly sure like when that start. Well,
Examples
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My father used to preach that life's too short to spend in nursing animosity.
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It's no secret that the animosity exists between Banks and Woodlawn.
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Like, how do you not have animosity towards him?
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Why have you built up such an animosity towards small talk?
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I think I had a lot of probably animosity towards my step brother.
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Yeah, I mean, it, it created a lot of animosity, you know, obviously throughout the community.
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I think there was a lot of animosity between Buddy and Mike because I think Buddy thought he was gonna get the head job.
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There was certainly never any animosity between them, so far as I am aware.
Fiction book (1993) -
The source of all this animosity was so mysterious that nobody really knew its origin.
Fiction book (1997) -
And if there is a high level of animosity, even without a minimum cooperation, everything will collapse, fall apart.
Synonyms
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1.0
A very strong dislike that can make you want to harm someone
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1.9
A very strong dislike that can make a person want to hurt others
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4.7
Unfriendly or angry actions and feelings toward someone
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3.4
A strong feeling of anger and hurt toward someone
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5.2
A strong feeling of hatred and disgust for someone or something
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4.8
A feeling of anger or dislike between people that often leads to hostility
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7.3
A strong feeling of anger that makes you want to hurt others
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5.3
A strong feeling of dislike or anger toward someone
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9.0
A strong feeling of hate toward someone or something
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8.0
A strong feeling of hatred toward people or groups
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6.9
Hostile feeling between people or groups
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8.3
A strong feeling of dislike toward someone or something
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8.8
A bitter, angry feeling shown in words or actions
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7.8
A very strong feeling of hate and disgust
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8.6
A very strong feeling of hate and disgust for someone or something
Antonyms
How Hostile
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Animosity comes from the Latin word animus, which means 'spirit' or 'feeling' and is the same root you see in animate ('alive'). So, animosity is like a strong, living feeling of dislike or hate, which is why it means strong hostility.