animosity

English

Etymology

From French animosité, from Latin animositas (“courage, spirit, vehemence”), from animosus, from animus (“courage, spirit, mind”); see animose, animate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æn.ɪˈmɒs.ɪ.ti/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /æn.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ti/, [æn.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ɾi], [ɛən.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ɾi]

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• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /æn.əˈmɑ.sə.ti/, [æn.əˈmɑ.sə.ɾi], [ɛən.əˈmɑ.sə.ɾi]
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ənɪˈmɔsɪʈi/
• Rhymes: -ɒsɪti

Noun

animosity (countable and uncountable, plural animosities)

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

   There was open animosity between the two rival teams.

   Despite years of conflict, she felt no animosity toward him.

   Political debates often stir up animosity.

Synonyms

• enmity
• hatred
• opposition
• acrimony

Antonyms

• peace

Related terms

• animose
• unanimosity
• animositise

Translations

violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike

Belarusian: варо́жасць f (varóžascʹ) Bulgarian: вражде́бност (bg) f (vraždébnost), неприя́зън (bg) f (neprijázǎn) Chinese: Mandarin: 敵意 / 敌意 (zh) (díyì) Czech: nepřátelství (cs) n, odpor (cs) m, animozita (cs) f Dutch: verbittering (nl) f Esperanto: malamikeco Finnish: vihamielisyys (fi) French: animosité (fr) f Galician: animosidade (gl) f German: Hass (de) m, Abneigung (de) f, Animosität (de) f Greek: εχθρότητα (el) f (echthrótita), έχθρα (el) f (échthra), μένος (el) n (ménos) Hindi: शत्रुता (hi) f (śatrutā), बैर (hi) m (bair), वैर (hi) m (vair), विद्वेष (hi) m (vidveṣ) Italian: picca (it) f, ripicca (it) f, acrimonia (it) f Japanese: 敵意 (ja) (てきい, tekii) Korean: 적의 (ko) (jeogui) Macedonian: неприја́телство n (neprijátelstvo) Maori: ahikauri, taraweti, ngaukino Norwegian: Bokmål: uvilje m, motvilje m, animositet m (rare) Polish: animozja (pl) f, wrogość (pl) f, ansa (pl) f Portuguese: animosidade (pt) f Romanian: animozitate (ro) f Russian: вражде́бность (ru) f (vraždébnostʹ), неприя́знь (ru) f (neprijáznʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: анимозитет m Roman: animozitet (sh) m Slovak: nepriateľstvo n Spanish: animosidad (es) f, animadversión (es) f Tok Pisin: pasin birua Turkish: husumet (tr), muhasamat (tr) (archaic), düşmanlık (tr) Ukrainian: воро́жість f (voróžistʹ)

References

• “animosity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.