Antagonism
Antagonism noun - A deep-seated ill will.
Usage example: the antagonism between them was so bad they couldn't even sit near each other
Spite is a synonym for antagonism in hostility topic. In some cases you can use "Spite" instead a noun "Antagonism", when it comes to topics like malice.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- resentment and antagonism
- resentment and spite
- hostility and antagonism
- hostility and spite
- animosity and antagonism
- animosity and spite
- bitterness and antagonism
- bitterness and spite
- malice and antagonism
- malice and spite
- dislike and antagonism
- dislike and spite
- ill will and antagonism
- ill will and spite
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Enemy Mine: Samus Aran and Golbez, in spite of their initial antagonism, agree to work together against the Monkeyspank virus.
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Londo Mollari and G'Kar in Babylon 5 are implied to have ultimately become this, in spite of personal and interspecies antagonism between Centauri and Narn; the series puts them through a lot together, and their storyline is probably even more fascinating than the main Myth Arc.
Source: Odd Friendship - While calling anyone in Touhou evil is inaccurate at best, there are still those that fall into this trope (Stupid Antagonism?), causing mayhem for petty reasons (if they have any at all) in spite of the miko with impervious Plot Armor that will not hesitate to beat the living crap out of them.
Source: Stupid Evil
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Spite and Antagonism. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/antagonism/spite
Antagonism & Spite. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/antagonism/spite>.
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