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
  • 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
  • Whether by carrot or stick — and there’s still no definitive reporting on which — the animosity between Iran and the UAE has been easing.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
  • This demand comes despite rising public animosity towards new data center construction, driven by local concerns surrounding strained power grids and rising electrical costs.
    — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 26 July 2026
Definition of animosity
Noun
  • In the latter case, Democratic senators would likely oppose the contempt effort.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2026
  • In federal district courts, by contrast, Article III judges have the power to hold all attorneys who appear before the court in criminal or civil contempt, if warranted.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Definition of contempt
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
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
  • Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing was pulled out of the lineup shortly before the game started because of right arm irritation, with Eliezer Alfonzo taking over behind the plate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • While retinol on its own can be irritating, especially on sensitive skin, applying it as a moisturizer can help minimize irritation and soothe the skin—a genius product, IMO.
    — Anna Traver, InStyle, 31 July 2026
Definition of irritation
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“Empoisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empoisonment. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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