animosity, animus, bad blood
(noun) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
Source: WordNet® 3.1
animosity (countable and uncountable, plural animosities)
Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
• enmity
• hatred
• opposition
• acrimony
• peace
Source: Wiktionary
An`i*mos"i*ty, n.; pl. Animosities. Etym: [F. animosité, fr. L. animositas. See Animose, Animate, v. t.]
1. Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.
2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. Macaulay.
Syn.
– 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. Spectator. [These] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government. Hume.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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