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Definition of Animosity

Animosity

  1. Mere spiritedness or courage.
  2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

Animosity Quotations

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

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American.
Jimmy Carter

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
Xun Zi

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.
Alan Greenspan

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.
Saskya Pandita
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Animosity Translations

animosity in German is Feindseligkeit
animosity in Norwegian is hat, fiendskap
animosity in Swedish is fientlighet

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