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Webster 1913 Edition
Animosity
Anˊi-mos′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Animosities
. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Animosity
ANIMOS'ITY
,Noun.
Violent hatred accompanied with active opposition; active enmity. Animosity differs from enmity which may be secret and inactive; and it expresses a less criminal passion than malice. animosity seeks to gain a cause or destroy an enemy or rival, from hatred or private interest; malice seeks revenge for the sake of giving pain.
Definition 2024
animosity
animosity
English
Noun
animosity (plural animosities)
- Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
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violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike
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References
- animosity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913