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/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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

  • Audio (Texas):

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• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /æn.əˈmɑ.sə.ti/, [æn.əˈmɑ.sə.ɾi], [ɛən.əˈmɑ.sə.ɾi]
• 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
• animus

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 (neprijázăn)
• 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)
• Hebrew: מַשְׂטֵמָה (he) f (mastemá)
• 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)
• Māori: 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

  Latin: animozitet (sh) m

• Slovak: nepriateľstvo n
• Spanish: animosidad (es) f, animadversión (es) f, ojeriza (es) f, cizaña (es) f, desavenencia (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.