| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun animosity.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (animosity) | 1. A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.[Wordnet]. 2. Mere spiritedness or courage.[Websters]. 3. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ANIMOSITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Specialty Definition: animosity
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Animosity means animation, spirit, as the fire of a horse, called in Latin equi animositas. Its present exclusive use in a bad sense is an instance of the tendency which words originally neutral have to assume a bad meaning. (Compare churl, villain.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wikipedic | Animosity is a Dirty South Crunk hip hop album by thug rapper White Dawg, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: animosity
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| Animosity (band) | Shut it Down in 2003, when the members of the band ranged from ages 16-17. In 2005, they toured the U.S. with Origin and Malevolent Creation. (references) | ||
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