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Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
Charlotte Bronte

Meaning of "animosity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANIMOSITY

From Late Latin animōsitās, from Latin animōsus spirited, from animus.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANIMOSITY

animosity  [ˌænɪˈmɒsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANIMOSITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Animosity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANIMOSITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Animosity

Animosity may refer to: ▪ Animosity, an American death metal band formed in 2000 ▪ Animosity, 1985 ▪ Animosity, 2001 ▪ Animosity, 2002 ▪ Animosity, 2007...

Definition of animosity in the English dictionary

The definition of animosity in the dictionary is a powerful and active dislike or hostility; enmity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANIMOSITY


atrocity
əˈtrɒsɪtɪ
curiosity
ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ
dumosity
djuːˈmɒsɪtɪ
fabulosity
ˌfæbjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
ferocity
fəˈrɒsɪtɪ
fumosity
fjuːˈmɒsɪtɪ
generosity
ˌdʒɛnəˈrɒsɪtɪ
grandiosity
ˌɡrændɪˈɒsɪtɪ
gummosity
ɡʌˈmɒsɪtɪ
lachrymosity
ˌlækrɪˈmɒsɪtɪ
luminosity
ˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ
monstrosity
mɒnˈstrɒsɪtɪ
porosity
pɔːˈrɒsɪtɪ
ramosity
ræˈmɒsɪtɪ
reciprocity
ˌrɛsɪˈprɒsɪtɪ
rimosity
raɪˈmɒsɪtɪ
squamosity
skweɪˈmɒsɪtɪ
tuberosity
ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪtɪ
velocity
vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ
viscosity
vɪsˈkɒsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANIMOSITY

animate
animated
animated cartoon
animatedly
animateness
animater
animatic
animatingly
animation
animatism
animato
animator
animatronic
animatronics
anime
animism
animist
animistic
animosities
animus

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANIMOSITY

adiposity
callosity
glutinosity
heterozygosity
homozygosity
hyperviscosity
impetuosity
kinematic viscosity
microporosity
nebulosity
numerosity
religiosity
scrupulosity
serosity
sinuosity
speciosity
tortuosity
university
verbosity
virtuosity
zygosity

Synonyms and antonyms of animosity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ANIMOSITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «animosity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of animosity

Translation of «animosity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANIMOSITY

Find out the translation of animosity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of animosity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «animosity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

强烈敌意
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

animadversión
570 millions of speakers

English

animosity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुश्मनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العداء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

враждебность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

animosidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদ্বেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

animosité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Permusuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Feindseligkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

敵意
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepenak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ác cam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரோதத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्वेष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşmanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

animosità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niechęć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ворожість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

animozitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εχθρότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vyandigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fientlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fiendskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of animosity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANIMOSITY»

The term «animosity» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.559 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANIMOSITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «animosity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «animosity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about animosity

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10 QUOTES WITH «ANIMOSITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word animosity.
1
Charlotte Bronte
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
2
Louise Brooks
Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead.
3
Graham Chapman
I can't talk to a man who bears an undeserved animosity towards ferrets.
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Lou Doillon
I think I was pretty much hated in France. The French press ignored me. There was a movement when the children of celebrities faced strong animosity.
5
Joe Frazier
I know my destiny. I was born into animosity, bigotry and hatred. We had water for white folks, and water for coloured folks. White lines, black lines. I came from Beaufort in South Carolina, and it was tougher than Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
6
Heber J. Grant
I have no animosity against any living soul.
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Alan Greenspan
I've been in and out of Wall Street since 1949, and I've never seen the type of animosity between government and Wall Street. And I'm not sure where it comes from, but I suspect it's got to do with a general schism in this society which is really becoming ever more destructive.
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Glenn Greenwald
The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is to defend the marginalized against those with the greatest power - and that the resulting animosity from those in power is a badge of honor.
9
Megyn Kelly
Just because you might have a sparring match on the air doesn't mean there's any personal animosity.
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Thomas Kinkade
I've never been at odds with the world of contemporary artists. If there is any animosity, it's one-sided.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANIMOSITY»

Discover the use of animosity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to animosity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Animosity
A psychological thriller charts the seduction of American sculptor Ross Marteau by a beautiful woman while he is sculpting another woman whom he finds especially grotesque, as he becomes ensnared in a complex web of deceit, dark secrets, ...
David L. Lindsey, 2001
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Animosity, the Bible, and Us: Some European, North American, ...
The essays in this volume, offering perspectives from three continents, examine how animosity is understood and presented in the biblical text and its historical and literary contexts.
John T. Fitzgerald, Fika Van Rensburg, Herrie F. van Rooy, 2009
3
Between Animosity and Utility: Political Parties and Their ...
The intention of this book is to explain how political parties in Poland have been operating during the period of systematic transformation.
Hieronim Kubiak, Jerzy Józef Wiatr, 2000
4
CURIOSITY... NOT ANIMOSITY
Menlia Moss Trammell. When we lend hands,and hearts, and eyes. The world is our prize. CURIOSITY...NOT ANIMOSITY Children of all ethnicities come together with ease and make. 23.
Menlia Moss Trammell, 2013
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Global Marketing
Consumer ethnocentrism the belief that purchasing imported products results in job loss and consequently hardship for a buyer's home country Consumer animosity political objection to purchasing products from a specific foreign country ...
Kate Gillespie, H. David Hennessey, 2010
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Sevendust: Animosity
This album-matching folio from Atlanta-based Sevendust, one of the top-selling bands in the hard rock genre, not only features authentic guitar TAB arrangements of their 13 newest songs, but it also includes four pages of full-color, ...
Sevendust, 2002
7
Account for Arab animosity towards the state of Israel.
In this essay the reasons for the Arab′s animosity towards the state of Israel will be outlined.
Robert Conrad, 2002
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Animosity
As they embarked on many of life's tribulations, Cornelious was faced with an executive decision to choose between hatred or love, and life or death.This is a true story of love, hatred, sorrow and betrayal.
Cornelious Woody, 2012
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Cross-Cultural Marketing: Theory, Practice and Relevance
The results of Kelin's (2002) study indicate that consumer ethnocentrism was negatively related to preferences for Japanese over US products, and animosity was negatively related to preferences for Japanese over South Korean products.
Dawn Burton, 2008
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Marketing Issues in Western Europe: Changes and Developments
(1998) indicating a causal relationship between animosity and product rejection independently of favorable product judgments, it can now be hypothesized that the situation in the Neue Länder could be in part explained by a rejection of ...
Erdener Kaynak, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANIMOSITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term animosity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Prison animosity results into attempt to murder
On certain matter, there had erupted some hot argument between the two in the Prison, and Hanuman Patil had developed an animosity ... «Nagpur Today, Jul 15»
2
Widow of ex-South Korean leader to visit North Korea
5-8 trip comes amid continuing animosity between the rival Koreas following the recent opening of a U.N. office in Seoul tasked with monitoring ... «Salon, Jul 15»
3
Rivlin Calls for Trust Between Arabs and Jews at Iftar Meal
Rivlin decried recent animosity between the Jewish and Arab communities and called for the leadership on both sides to build trust and ... «Forward, Jul 15»
4
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Featuring PEPPER KEENAN …
... in 2005 on Sanctuary Records. C.O.C.'s reunited "Animosity" lineup released its latest album, "IX", on July 1, 2014 via Candlelight Records. «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jul 15»
5
Ballers: "Move the Chains" Review
A lot of drunken revelry with little to offer in the character department aside from the escalating animosity between Spencer and Reggie. At one ... «IGN, Jul 15»
6
Reconciliation or Revisionism?: What (Not) to Expect From Shinzo Abe
... over Abe's security bills have created new constraints and requirements that will help to keep the genie of historical animosity in its bottle. «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
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In rejecting austerity, Greek voters force Germany's hand
There is personal animosity with the Greek leaders to be overcome. There is also the German fixation with balancing the books, which is what ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
8
Hamas: Israel Sent ISIS to Destroy Us
ISIS recently threatened to overthrow Hamas in a video message, expressing animosity to the Gazan offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood for not ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
9
Step 2: Left's next target after 'gay marriage'
He believes the animosity between the church and the state over the redefinition of marriage could have been avoided if same-sex marriage ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
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Raheem Sterling set for £4m cut of Agent's fee if he joins …
Sterling was booed by Liverpool supporters at the end of last season and the level of animosity between the club's board and his agent, Aidy ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Animosity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/animosity>. Apr 2024 ».
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