Animosity
[,ænɪ'mɒsɪtɪ] or ['ænə'mɑsəti]
Definition
(v. t.) Mere spiritedness or courage.
(v. t.) Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
Typed by Bartholdi
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Malignity, virulence, bitterness, rancor, hostility, hatred, hate, enmity, grudge, rankling, spleen, ill-will, heart-burning.
Typist: Mabel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hatred, antipathy, dissention, aversion, acrimony, feud, strife, rancor,antagonism, bitterness, acerbity, hostility, enmity, malice, anger,malevolence, ill-will, malignity, feeling_against
ANT:Congeniality, companionship, friendship, sympathy, fellow-feeling, unanimity,harmony, concord, regard, alliance, kindliness
Editor: Martin
Definition
n. bitter hatred: enmity.
Checker: Otis
Examples
- Are division and animosity your natural terms, Richard? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You seem to think that I have some animosity against young Mr. Tom; whereas I have none at all. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It was clear last night that this barbed the point of Provis's animosity. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Her intrigues with Russia for the furtherance of her object, excited the jealousy of the Porte, and the animosity of the Greek government. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It is not impossible, therefore, that some of the regulations of this famous act may have proceeded from national animosity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This troubled state yielded by degrees, to sullen animosity, and depression of spirits. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Of the nature and strength of this animosity Mr. Helstone was but half aware. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He bore an animosity towards the deceased gentleman. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I harbor no animosity toward any of them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But why on earth should you be pursued with such animosity? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The implacable animosity of Heyling, so far from being satiated by the success of his persecution, increased a hundredfold with the ruin he inflicted. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Your sex have such a surprising animosity against one another when you do differ. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is not enough to teach the horrors of war and to avoid everything which would stimulate international jealousy and animosity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She was aware that she had Lily to thank for it; and dull resentment was turned to active animosity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The animosities between these two parties run so high, that they will neither eat, nor drink, nor talk with each other. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Typed by Deirdre