animosity Copy link Outline 1. sĭmultas (usu. in plu.)2. ăcerbĭtas3. īrācundia (prop. proneness to anger • animosity: 1. sĭmultas (usu. in plu.): he had abandoned the a. which he entertained against me, simultates quas mecum habebat deposuerat, Cic.: they strove for preferment with the greatest (mutual) a., de loco summis simultatibus contendebant, Caes.: to provoke a., s. provocare, Quint.: to cherish a., s. nutrire, Tac. 2. ăcerbĭtas: to vomit the venom of one's a. against any one, evomere acerbitatis virus in aliquem, Cic.: v. bitterness: 3. īrācundia (prop. proneness to anger: but often used of vehement animosity): v. passion, anger.