empoisonment

noun

as in hostility

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  1. hostility
  2. antagonism
  3. animosity
  4. contempt
  5. enmity
  6. bile
  7. antipathy
  8. irritation
Noun
  • Monsoon rains repeatedly destroy their shelter, and the city offers them little beyond hostility and indifference.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
  • While Connecticut has responded to these attacks, creating a new student loan program and funding tens of millions in research programming in lieu of federal hostility, the attacks keep coming.
    — Derek Slap, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of hostility
Noun
  • By defining other civilizations as alien cultures, a civilizationist grand strategy might fuel antagonism rather than tolerate differences.
    — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Still, the economic particulars underpinning this needless antagonism essentially are beside the point.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of antagonism
Noun
  • Damascus’s challenge is to use the dividends from its newfound importance in regional trade to build functioning institutions, distribute resources for recovery, and overcome historical animosities.
    — Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Trump has increasingly used his animosity toward the press to seek action by the FCC, which controls broadcast licensing.
    — Jeff Mason, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of animosity
Noun
  • Lawmakers on the committee are saying he could be held in contempt.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Being held in contempt opens up a witness to criminal prosecution.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of contempt
Noun
  • Arms competition is a symptom of great-power enmity, but enmity alone does not induce an arms race.
    — Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026
  • That may be a tall order, given the enmities in the region and the current lack of trust between the three governments.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of enmity
Noun
  • Her words are not of gratitude but resentment, bile and narcissism.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Green can come from leafy foods, food dye or diarrhea moving bile through too fast.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of bile
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Its 30% Saccharomyces yeast ferment contains 3% N-acetylglucosamine, an amino sugar that gently encourages surface exfoliation without relying on AHAs or BHAs, helping skin look smoother and more even with less potential for irritation.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Several schools ​cancelled activities on Saturday ⁠with students and residents suffering eye irritation from the ash, while fishermen cancelled their fishing trips due to the eruption, local ​media outlet Kompas reported.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of irritation
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“Empoisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empoisonment. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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