Animosity
Nastiness
Nastiness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: there was a natural nastiness about him that was evident from the time he was a small child
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- resentment and animosity
- resentment and nastiness
- hostility and animosity
- hostility and nastiness
- meanness and animosity
- meanness and nastiness
- bitterness and animosity
- bitterness and nastiness
- antagonism and animosity
- antagonism and nastiness
- malice and animosity
- malice and nastiness
- spite and animosity
- spite and nastiness
How words are described
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Nastiness and Animosity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/animosity/nastiness
Animosity & Nastiness. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/animosity/nastiness>.
Nastiness or Animosity. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/animosity/nastiness.
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