animosity
strong hostility
Root
- anim: mind or spirit
Other words with the anim root
- animate: to bring to life or make lively
- animus: hostile feeling or motivating spirit
- equanimity: mental calmness and balance
- magnanimity: generosity of spirit
- magnanimous: generous and noble-spirited
- unanimous: fully agreed; of one mind
Anim can be spirit; animosity is hostile spirit that has settled into the room.
Years of rivalry left real animosity between the two teams.