EMPOISONMENT Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

empoisonment

noun

as in hostility

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Noun

Examining the harder chapters of our history is not the same as hostility toward America.

— Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 21 July 2026
The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on June 14 to halt hostilities, prompting gas to fall back below $4 a few days later.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of hostility

Noun

The match took place against a background of antagonism between the nations, heightened by Argentina's recent semifinal win over England at the World Cup.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Trump’s antagonism towards the court ramped up after the office of the ICC prosecutor opened an investigation into possible Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of antagonism

Noun

After hiring away half of Fickell’s staff the past few seasons, there’s probably a healthy animosity between the coaches that locks Freeman into a mode that prevents a Northern Illinois or Marshall or Stanford type of debacle.

— Pete Sampson, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Notable quote There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 July 2026

Definition of animosity

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After Navarro failed to comply with the subpoena, he was indicted and later convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress, one for failing to produce documents and a second for failing to testify.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 21 July 2026
In June 2022, Cuban authorities sentenced Otero Alcántara to five years in prison on charges including public disorder, contempt and insulting national symbols.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of contempt

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What sets this apart is the enmity between Ole Miss and LSU since Kiffin’s departure, which came before the College Football Playoff.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 14 July 2026
White would not be happy about these songs being used to speculate about what goes on behind closed doors — that seems evident enough from the several songs on the album that express enmity toward snoops and know-it-alls.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 July 2026

Definition of enmity

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So after all that — all the bile oozing out from those tweets — the thing people were mad about wasn’t even true.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
Employees told Fillmore during the early 2022 meeting that Shapiro had recently injured a patient’s common bile duct, a small tube that carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine, during surgery.

— Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 16 July 2026

Definition of bile

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The other is that Republicans’ antipathy towards vote-by-mail is waning.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
Alexander Kazakov | Afp | Getty Images That Russia and China are seen as ideologically aligned on many geopolitical issues, with each sharing a traditional antipathy and distrust towards the West, and Washington.

— Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 20 May 2026

Definition of antipathy

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Carbonated drinks can also increase gas and abdominal discomfort, and alcohol may worsen dehydration and stomach irritation.

— Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Later perimenopause can stretch cycles up to two months apart, with hot flashes affecting roughly 80% of women and new symptoms emerging, including depression, sleep disturbances, vaginal dryness and vulvar irritation.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026

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