animosity

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æn.əˈmɑs.ɪ.ti/
Audio (RP) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒsɪti

Noun

animosity (countable and uncountable, plural animosities)

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

Synonyms

enmity
hatred
opposition
acrimony

Antonyms

peace

Related terms

animose
unanimosity

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
German: Hass (de) m, Abneigung (de) f, Animosität (de) f
Greek: εχθρότητα (el) f (echthrótita), έχθρα (el) f (échthra), μένος (el) n (ménos)
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
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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913