animosity
noun
1 animosity
A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.
synonyms: animus, bad blood.
Roget 867:
dislike,
distaste,
disrelish,
disinclination,
displacency†.
reluctance;
backwardness
etc.
(unwillingness)
603.
repugnance,
disgust,
queasiness,
turn,
nausea,
loathing;
averseness†,
aversation†,
aversion;
abomination,
antipathy,
abhorrence,
horror;
mortal antipathy,
rooted antipathy,
mortal horror,
rooted horror;
hatred,
detestation;
hate
etc.
898;
animosity
etc.
900;
hydrophobia;
canine madness;
byssa†,
xenophobia.
sickener†;
gall and wormwood
etc.
(unsavory)
395;
shuddering,
cold sweat.
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Roget 889:
enmity,
hostility;
unfriendliness
etc.
adj.;
discord
etc.
713;
bitterness,
rancor.
alienation,
estrangement;
dislike
etc.
867;
hate
etc.
898.
heartburning†;
animosity
etc.
900;
malevolence
etc.
907.
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Roget 898:
hate,
hatred,
vials of hate.
disaffection,
disfavor;
alienation,
estrangement,
coolness;
enmity
etc.
889;
animosity
etc.
900.
umbrage,
pique,
grudge;
dudgeon,
spleen bitterness,
bitterness of feeling;
ill blood,
bad blood;
acrimony;
malice
etc.
907;
implacability
etc.
(revenge)
919.
repugnance
etc.
(dislike)
867;
misanthropy,
demonophobia†,
gynephobia†,
negrophobia†;
odium,
unpopularity;
detestation,
antipathy;
object of hatred,
object of execration;
abomination,
aversion,
b=ete noire;
enemy
etc.
891;
bitter pill;
source of annoyance
etc.
830.
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Roget 900:
resentment,
displeasure,
animosity,
anger,
wrath,
indignation;
exasperation,
bitter resentment,
wrathful indignation.
pique,
umbrage,
huff,
miff,
soreness,
dudgeon,
acerbity,
virulence,
bitterness,
acrimony,
asperity,
spleen,
gall;
heart-burning,
heart-swelling;
rankling.
ill humor,
bad humor,
ill temper,
bad temper;
irascibility
etc.
901;
ill blood
etc.
(hate)
898;
revenge
etc.
919.
excitement,
irritation;
warmth,
bile,
choler,
ire,
fume,
pucker,
dander,
ferment,
ebullition;
towering passion,
acharnement [Fr.],
angry mood,
taking,
pet,
tiff,
passion,
fit,
tantrums.
burst,
explosion,
paroxysm,
storm,
rage,
fury,
desperation;
violence
etc.
173;
fire and fury;
vials of wrath;
gnashing of teeth,
hot blood,
high words.
scowl
etc.
895;
sulks
etc.
901.1.
[Cause of umbrage]
affront,
provocation,
offense;
indignity
etc.
(insult)
929;
grudge,
crow to pluck,
bone to pick,
sore subject,
casus belli [Lat.];
ill turn,
outrage.
Furies,
Eumenides.
buffet,
slap in the face,
box on the ear,
rap on the knuckles.
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Dutch: vijandigheid, animositeit
Moby thesaurus: acerbity, acid, acidity, acidulousness, acrimony, animus, antagonism, antipathy, asperity, bad blood, bad feeling, bile, bitter feeling, bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit, causticity, choler, contempt, detestation, disaffinity, enmity, feud, gall, gnashing of teeth, hard feelings, hardheartedness, hatred, heartburning, hostility, ill blood, ill feeling, ill will, immediate dislike, loathing, malevolence, malice, personality conflict, rancor, rankling, resentment, slow burn, soreness, sourness, spleen, vendetta, venom, virulence, vitriol ... show more.
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