bear animosity

Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words

To have and maintain a feeling of strong dislike or hostility.

animosityVERB + animosity

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Examples (10)

  • Despite everything, she bore her former boss no animosity.
  • He bears a deep animosity towards his political opponents.
  • Why do you still bear such animosity towards him after all these years?
  • The two nations have borne animosity towards each other for centuries.
  • It's surprising that he bears absolutely no animosity after being treated so unfairly.
  • Although they were business rivals, they never bore any personal animosity towards one another.
  • I will try not to bear any animosity, but what he did was unforgivable.
  • Bearing animosity only harms yourself in the long run.
  • If he continues to bear animosity, he will never find peace.
  • She bears a strange animosity towards anyone who is more successful than her.