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
  • Iran doubled down on its demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, insisting that the US and its allies unfreeze its assets and end hostilities across the region.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • As the specter of rising interest rates and hostilities in the Middle East remain wildcards, skeptics are holding firm.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hostility
Noun
  • But the trash-talking and, especially, antagonism over race and ethnicity is gratuitous and needlessly divisive.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of antagonism
Noun
  • Google has been all-in with Gemini for the last several years, and despite some animosity online, the bet is paying off.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Japan and China normalized diplomatic ties in 1972, ending war animosities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of animosity
Noun
  • Griffin was arrested for the killing on Monday, charged with murder, weapon possession, and criminal contempt for violating an order of protection, police said.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • America’s relative openness to immigrants looked like decadence; cosmopolitanism and internationalism were objects of contempt.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of contempt
Noun
  • The enmity between their legacies and their fanbase once felt too thick to ever dissolve.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 4 Aug. 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
  • The liver just might be one of your hardest-working organs, producing proteins and filtering the blood, metabolizing nutrients and creating necessary bile for digestion.
    — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, the disease begins in the slender tubes that carry digestive bile and is associated with symptoms like abdominal pain, fatigue, fever and night sweats.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 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
  • In the days that followed, students and staff reported headaches, sore throats, skin irritation and red eyes, according to state Agriculture Department interviews.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Sensitive skin will appreciate this formula from Celimax, made with centella asiatica and panthenol, which help calm redness and soothe irritation.
    — Anna Traver, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of irritation
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“Empoisonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empoisonment. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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