animosity

== English == === Etymology === From French animosité, from Latin animositas (“courage, spirit, vehemence”), from animosus, from animus (“courage, spirit, mind”); see animose, animate. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æn.ɪˈmɒs.ɪ.ti/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /æn.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ti/, [æn.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ɾi], [ɛən.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ɾi] (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /æn.əˈmɑ.sə.ti/, [æn.əˈmɑ.sə.ɾi], [ɛən.əˈmɑ.sə.ɾi] (Indic) IPA(key): /ənɪˈmɔsɪʈi/ 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 animositise ==== Translations ==== === References === “animosity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.