01 n. Mere spiritedness or courage.
pl.
Animosities
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1.
Mere spiritedness or courage.[Obs.]“Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth.” — Holland.
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2.
Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.“Such [writings] as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable.” — Spectator.“[These] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government.” — Hume.
Syn.
Enmity; hatred; opposition. -- Animosity, Enmity. Enmity be dormant or concealed; animosity is active enmity, inflamed by collision and mutual injury between opposing parties. The animosities which were continually springing up among the clans in Scotland kept that kingdom in a state of turmoil and bloodshed for successive ages. The animosities which have been engendered among Christian sects have always been the reproach of the church.