Paranoia And Suspicion

noun a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

• It seems that some members of the board have it out for the new CEO.
• I think some of my coworkers have it out for me.
• I heard that Karen really has it out for you, watch your back.
• The universe seems to have it out for him, everything keeps going wrong.