animosity
noun /ˌænɪˈmɒsəti/
/ˌænɪˈmɑːsəti/
[uncountable, countable] (plural animosities)
- a strong feeling of opposition, anger or hate synonym hostility
- animosity (toward(s) somebody/something) He felt no animosity towards his critics.
- animosity (between A and B) personal animosities between members of the two groups
Extra Examples- They managed to discuss their past disagreements without animosity.
- The two rivals for party leadership insist that there is no animosity between them.
- the animosity of some locals towards asylum seekers
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- long-standing
- bear
- feel
- have
- …
- without animosity
- animosity between
- animosity towards/toward
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘spirit, courage’): from Old French animosite or late Latin animositas, from animosus ‘spirited’, from Latin animus ‘spirit, mind’. The current sense dates from the early 17th cent.