Spite (7)
(Other definitions for animus that I've seen before include "Hostile feeling" , "Hostility, bad feeling toward" , "US man I turn to with hostility" , "Heat" , "Bad blood" .)
'spite' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for malice that I've seen before include "Desire to harm others, may be aforethought" , "Spiteful, animosity, sometimes a forethought" , "Wrongful intention" , "Spite and rancour" , "Malevolence, spite" .)
'spite' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for rancour that I've seen before include "Bitterness and bile" , "Bitterness and ill will" , "Deep-seated hostility" , "Long-lasting bitterness" , "Acrimony" .)
'spite' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for malevolence that I've seen before include "unpleasant emotion" , "Malice" , "Wickedness" .)
'spite' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for venom that I've seen before include "bitterness" , "Snake poison" , "Virulence" , "ill will" , "Virulent feeling" .)