as in hostility
a deep-seated ill will
feeling no animus toward those who had wronged her
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Recent Examples of animus
Trump has expressed particular animus toward Canada — the U.S.’s second-largest trading partner — since his November election, and has imposed tariffs on the country’s goods coming into the U.S.
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The Friday motion argued that Howell has repeatedly shown animus toward Trump.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
His animus toward the Biden family is in part what motivated the former president to pardon his son.
—Shawn McCreesh, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
How is that anything other than showing animus? ...
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The Friday motion argued that Howell has repeatedly shown animus toward Trump.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
His animus toward the Biden family is in part what motivated the former president to pardon his son.
—Shawn McCreesh, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
How is that anything other than showing animus? ...
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for animus
Noun
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Ultimately, restrictions on vacant CPS property sales are part of a broader problem, and that’s education officials’ open hostility toward alternative education models.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Then a decade of talks crashed into President Trump’s hostility toward Canada.—
Karen Weise,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The fear this instills in I-Jing — already ignored by her busy mother, nor attended to by her mercurial older sister, I-Ann, who holds a grudge against her mother and rebels by working at a shady betel nut stand — sets off a secrets-unearthing chain of events.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
14 May 2025
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Was Disney actually complicit in Ryan using shareholder revenues to further a personal grudge?—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
9 May 2025
Noun
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No more tolerance of hatred, no more mercy for criminals.—
Sarah Beth Hensley,
ABC News,
28 May 2025
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Antisemitism, hatred and terrorism must be stopped, lest our civilization fall into the abyss.—
Diane Gensler,
Baltimore Sun,
26 May 2025
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“Animus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animus. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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