Synonyms for animosity
All synonyms
Noun
1. Hostility
hostility, hatred, enmity, acrimony, ill-will, resentment, antipathy, antagonism, animus, anger, rancor US, rancour UK, bitterness, grudge, strife, feud, malice, bad blood, hate, opposition, malevolence, aversion, virulence
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Definitions
- n. 1
Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
Political debates often stir up animosity.
Forms
- Plural
- animosities → hostilities, hatreds, enmities, acrimonies…
Choose the right word
Animosity denotes a feeling more active and vehement, but often less enduring and determined, than enmity.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hatred Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world.
- hostility Hostility destroys things. Good will builds things.
- enmity The incident earned Dan the enmity of his boss.
- inflammation Hypophysitis is an inflammation of the hypophysis.
By length
- 4 letters
- hate1, feud1
- 5 letters
- anger2
- 6 letters
- hatred2, strife1, grudge1, malice2, enmity3, animus3, rancor2
- 7 letters
- rancour
- 8 letters
- aversion3, acrimony4
- 9 letters
- hostility4, antipathy4, virulence3
- 10 letters
- opposition4, resentment3, bitterness3, antagonism5
- 11 letters
- malevolence
- 12 letters
- inflammation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anger2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- animosité
- Italiano
- animosità
- Español
- animosidad
- Deutsch
- Animosität
- Català
- animositat