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/ˌænəmˈɑsəti/ Listen

noun

Animosity n. (pl. animosities)

Mere spiritedness or courage. (Obs.) "Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she (the crocodile) loveth."

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

Synonyms: Enmity; hatred; opposition. Animosity, Enmity. Enmity be dormant or concealed; animosity is active enmity, inflamed by collision and mutual injury between opposing parties. The animosities which were continually springing up among the clans in Scotland kept that kingdom in a state of turmoil and bloodshed for successive ages. The animosities which have been engendered among Christian sects have always been the reproach of the church. "Such (writings) as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable." "(These) factions... never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government."

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"Animosity" Quotes from Famous Books

... conversation hung upon that declaration. Then Mr. Stanley, putting his hands on the table in the manner rather of a barrister than a solicitor, and regarding her balefully through his glasses with quite undisguised animosity, asked, "And may I presume to inquire, then, what you mean to do?—how do ...

— Ann Veronica • H. G. Wells

... be kept open five days, to accommodate all who desired to vote, and as there was no secret ballot the excitement during elections was constant and intense. Nearly every elector seems to have been a politician, and the letters of the time are full of politics and party animosity. The shout of battle still resounds in the title of a little book published by Elihu Phinney in 1796: "The Political Wars of Otsego: or, Downfall of Jacobinism and Despotism; Being a Collection of Pieces, lately ...

— The Story of Cooperstown • Ralph Birdsall

... was his old-time enemy, Ike Slump, and a crony of his named Mort Bemis. They had been hired by Farrington to harass Ralph in every way possible. Ralph had searched for the motive to the old man's animosity. ...

— Ralph on the Engine - The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail • Allen Chapman

... to him about the letter I sent through him to the Queen. He said, that up to that time he had not received any intelligence concerning it. What have I done, said I, that they should hate me, and treat me with animosity? By the power of the Lord my ...

— A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia - With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, - His Country and People • Henry Blanc

... of the political and sectional animosity of 1856, when Brooks had assaulted Charles Sumner, the challenge of Brooks by some of Sumner's friends met with little public sympathy. During the excitement the Easy Chair met the late Count Gurowski, who ...

— Ars Recte Vivende - Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair" • George William Curtis

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