Animus Synonyms

ănə-məs
Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. animosity
  2. hostility
  3. antipathy
  4. antagonism
  5. bile
  6. enmity
  7. mind
  8. ill will
  9. spirit
  10. temper
  11. bad-blood
A feeling of animosity; ill will.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. enmity

Words Related to Animus

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Animus Sentence Examples

  • He shows considerable animus against John Wycliffe and the Lollards.

  • For some, this " solution " is motivated by an anti-white animus.

  • The misguided animus of the impeachment as a piece of partisan politics was soon very generally admitted; and the importance of its failure, in securing the continued power and independence of the presidential element in the constitutional system, can hardly be over-estimated.

  • Having said all that, let me make it clear that I have no personal animus toward Professor Pinker.

  • A certain animus against Joab's family thus seems to underlie some of the popular narratives of the life of David (q.v.).

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