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"

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

oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities

dislike - a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive"

ill will, enmity, hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"

interference, hindrance - the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occuring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry