animosity

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /æn.əˈmɑs.ɪ.ti/

NounEdit

animosity (plural animosities)

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

SynonymsEdit

• enmity
• hatred
• opposition
• acrimony

AntonymsEdit

• peace

Related termsEdit

• animose

TranslationsEdit

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 (zh), 敌意 (zh) (díyì)

• Czech: nepřátelství (cs) n, odpor (cs) m, animozita (cs) f
• Dutch: verbittering f
• 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)

• Polish: animozja (pl) f, wrogość (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)

ReferencesEdit

• animosity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913