Animosity
An·i·mos·i·ty
Animosity
n.
pl. Animosities
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Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.]
Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth.
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Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
Such [writings] as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable.
[These] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government.