noun
deep-seated dislike or ill will or a manifestation of such feeling
the country had experienced generations of racial enmity
Synonyms: animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, hostility, rancor
Related Word: uncordiality, unfriendliness; alienation, dead set, disaffection, estrangement; abhorrence, detestation, dislike, hate, hatred, loathing; aversion; bad blood, bitterness, daggers, gall, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignancy, malignity, spite, spleen
Contrasted words: amicability, cordiality, friendliness, neighborliness; comity, empathy, friendship, goodwill, sympathy, understanding
Antonyms: amity