Căutare în Webster - Dicționarul explicativ al limbii engleze

Pentru căutare rapidă introduceți minim 3 litere.

 

ANIMOSITY - Definiția din dicționar

Traducere: română


Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.

An`i*mos"i*ty (&unr_;), n.; pl. Animosities (&unr_;). [F. animosité, fr. L. animositas. See Animose, Animate, v. t.] 1. Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton.
[1913 Webster]

Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.
[1913 Webster]

2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

Such [writings] as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable. Spectator.
[1913 Webster]

[These] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government. Hume.
[1913 Webster]