Animosity and Meanness

Animosity

Animosity noun - A deep-seated ill will.

Meanness and animosity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meanness" instead a noun "Animosity".

Nearby Word: animus

Meanness

Meanness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: nothing more than unprovoked meanness drove him to smash the child's toy

Animosity and meanness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Animosity" instead a noun "Meanness".

Nearby Words: mean, meanly

How words are described

pure pure animosity pure meanness
usual usual animosity usual meanness
actual actual animosity actual meanness
real real animosity real meanness
Other adjectives: general, growing, overall.
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