ANIMOSITY Synonyms

• the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

• a disposition to behave aggressively

• a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

• violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

• the act of initiating hostilities

• deliberately unfriendly behavior

• a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

• the state of being angry

• belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

• make angry

• become angry

• a feeling of intense dislike

• the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided

• a feeling of intense dislike

• the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

• a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

• bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

• accept or admit unwillingly

• a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

• a state of deep-seated ill-will

• the feeling of a hostile person

• violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

• feeling a need to see others suffer

• the quality of threatening evil

• a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

• feeling a need to see others suffer

• malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

• hurt the feelings of

• a rough and bitter manner

• a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

• the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected

• the relation between opposed entities

• the act of hostile groups opposing each other

• a contestant that you are matched against

• a body of people united in opposing something

• a direction opposite to another

• an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

• a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility