animosity Definition

animosity
noun

animosities
1. A strong dislike or hatred.

Thesaurus: hostility, ill will, malice, spite, enmity, antagonism, malevolence, bitterness, hatred, acrimony, loathing, bad blood; Antonym: goodwill.

Idiom: animosity between two people or groups

A mutual loathing that exists between them.
Example: The animosity between the two brothers was long-standing

Etymology: 17c; 15c in the obsolete sense ‘spiritedness' or ‘bravery': from Latin animositas, from animosus spirited or hot-tempered.