virulence, virulency - extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"

state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

latent hostility, tension - feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions"

state of war, war - a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"

cold war - a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare

suspicion - the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion"

hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

class feeling - feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another

antagonism - an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility

action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

meat grinder - any action resulting in injury or destruction; "the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation"; "allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder"

violence, force - an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"