animosity
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animosity
- /æn.ɪˈmɒs.ɪ.ti/ UK
- /æn.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ti/ Canada, US
- [æn.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ɾi] Canada, US
- [ɛən.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ɾi] Canada, US
- /æn.əˈmɑ.sə.ti/
- [æn.əˈmɑ.sə.ɾi]
- [ɛən.əˈmɑ.sə.ɾi]
Rhymes with -ɒsɪti
Where it comes from
From French animosité, from Latin animositas (“courage, spirit, vehemence”), from animosus, from animus (“courage, spirit, mind”); see animose, animate.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bad blood, animus, enmity, hostility, hostile, antagonism, ill-will, hatred, hate, rancor, resentment, bitterness, feud, rivalry, sprinter, runner
noun
Opposite: peace
Translations
Every language
noun violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike
| Español | animosidad, animadversión, ojeriza, cizaña, desavenencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 적의 jeogui |
| 日本語 | 敵意 tekii |
| 中文 | 敵意 /敌意 díyì |
| हिन्दी | शत्रुता śatrutā, बैर bair, वैर vair, विद्वेष vidveṣ |
| Português | animosidade |
| Français | animosité |
| Deutsch | Hass, Abneigung, Animosität |
| Italiano | picca, ripicca, acrimonia |
| Ελληνικά | εχθρότητα echthrótita, έχθρα échthra, μένος ménos |
| Română | animozitate |
| Русский | вражде́бность vraždébnostʹ, неприя́знь neprijáznʹ |
| עברית | מַשְׂטֵמָה mastemá |
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title = {animosity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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