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A so-called friend of mine once thanked me for my animosity. Animosity is a noun in this usage. What is the adjective associated with animosity? I guess there isn't one. But what is the closest word to my requirement. Also - and this is perhaps a separate question - what percentage of words that are nouns do not have an adjectival form?

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Animosity is also hostility. As such, hostile is the adjective you want in this case.

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Well if you really want to keep with the word animosity, it seems there is actually a word you can use (although I hadn't heard of it until 2 minutes ago and hostile is certainly a better word):

animose (via thefreedictionary.com):

Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute.

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    animose isn't derived from animosity though, although they do ultimately share the same Latin root: animosus.
    – user180089
    Commented Jun 16, 2016 at 0:10

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