Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
There's a long history of animosity between the two nations.
Sir Geoffrey had no personal animosity towards the Prime Minister.
The animosities between peoples in the region can be tied historically to politicaland governance issues.
Synonyms: hostility, hate, hatred, resentment More Synonyms of animosity
animosity in British English
(ˌænɪˈmɒsɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
a powerful and active dislike or hostility; enmity
Word origin
C15: from Late Latin animōsitās, from Latin animōsus spirited, from animus
animosity in American English
(ˌænəˈmɑsəti)
nounWord forms: pluralˌaniˈmosities
a feeling of strong dislike or hatred; ill will; hostility
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈenmity
Word origin
ME animosite < L animositas, boldness, spirit < animosus, spirited < animus: see animus
Examples of 'animosity' in a sentence
animosity
There is understood to be no animosity between the two.
The Sun (2014)
There is limited animosity between the two men.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Familiar animosity between the two services asserted itself.
Max Hastings Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445 (2007)
He emphasised that there is no personal animosity.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We walked right through the middle of them and there was no animosity or hostility.
The Sun (2016)
He wants to convert your feelings of animosity or resentment or intimidation into enormous favor toward that person.
Christianity Today (2000)
They had neither personal animosity towards us, nor much interest in dialogue.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They don't ban them over personal animosity or for the sake of a harmonious life.
The Sun (2015)
There were reports of " personal animosity' between the two men.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
His position had in any case always been nuanced, and free of personal animosity.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The personal animosity between the two party leaders had made a deal after the 2015 election look impossible.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The palpable animosity between the two women is one of the reasons for the film's scalding savagery.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But he moans because he wants things to be right and he does it in a way where thereis no animosity or bad feeling.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I just hope that it doesn't cause any animosity between the two sets of fans.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He said: 'There is animosity against this player.
The Sun (2014)
The Shadow Chancellor suggested that the personal animosity between key figures is damaging the economy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On the other hand, if she conforms to the formal organisational expectations she may be headed for animosity and hostility from the rest of the teachers.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
A spokeswoman for the theatre denied that there was any personal animosity and that it was a case of there being'too manychiefs '.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
animosity
British English: animosity NOUN
Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger.
There's a long history of animosity between the two groups.
American English: animosity
Brazilian Portuguese: animosidade
Chinese: 强烈敌意
European Spanish: animadversión
French: animosité
German: Feindseligkeit
Italian: animosità
Japanese: 敵意
Korean: 반감
European Portuguese: animosidade
Latin American Spanish: animadversión
Chinese translation of 'animosity'
animosity
(ænɪˈmɔsɪtɪ)
n(c/u)
憎恨 (zēnghèn)
(noun)
Definition
a powerful dislike or hostility
There's a long history of animosity between the two nations.
Synonyms
hostility
She looked at Ron with open hostility.
hate
eyes that held a look of hate
hatred
He has been accused of stirring up hatred between nations.
resentment
Rigid policing can only feed resentment and undermine confidence.
bitterness
I still feel bitterness and anger.
malice
There was no malice on his part.
antagonism
There is much antagonism between the two teams.
antipathy
She'd often spoken of her antipathy towards London.
enmity
The two countries erupted into open enmity during the Gulf war.
acrimony
The council's first meeting ended in acrimony.
rancour
`That's too bad,' he said without rancour.
bad blood
There is, it seems, some bad blood between them.
ill will
He didn't bear anyone any ill will.
animus
He displayed a thorough animus to the Western tradition.
malevolence
His actions betrayed a rare streak of malevolence.
virulence
malignity
Opposites
love
,
friendship
,
sympathy
,
harmony
,
goodwill
,
kindness
,
rapport
,
friendliness
,
benevolence
,
amity
,
congeniality
,
aroha (New Zealand)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of acrimony
Definition
bitterness and resentment felt about something
The council's first meeting ended in acrimony.
Synonyms
bitterness,
harshness,
rancour,
ill will,
virulence,
sarcasm,
pungency,
asperity,
tartness,
astringency,
irascibility,
peevishness,
acerbity,
churlishness,
trenchancy,
mordancy,
spleen
in the sense of animus
Definition
intense dislike
He displayed a thorough animus to the Western tradition.