animosity

animosity
/an'euh mos"i tee/, n., pl. animosities.
a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action: a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one's neighbor.
[1400-50; late ME animosite ( < MF) < LL animositas. See ANIMUS, -OSE1, -ITY]
Syn. hostility, unfriendliness, opposition, antagonism, animus, hatred.

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