enmity
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
(in a video game) the targeting for attack of a player character by an enemy, and the circumstance-specific strength of that targeting for any particular character; hate; aggro: Your tank needs to be spamming “Provoke” at that mob to increase his enmity, or else it’s going to turn and target your mages.Use the character’s ranged attack to get enmity.
Origin of enmity
1Other words for enmity
Words that may be confused with enmity
- amity, enmity
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How to use enmity in a sentence
Despite any partisan enmities, the two top politicos maintained a cordial relationship.
A limited American-led attack on Syria will do nothing to sort out these complicated alliances and conflicting enmities.
Let It Bleed: No American Action Can Resolve the Syrian Conflict | Christopher Dickey | August 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST"Ancient enmities" and "clan rivalries" were among the buzzwords.
Enmities were forgotten with the shadow of the goal-posts looming at their backs.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonHumanity was the soil, and to get there he must furrow his way through its enmities and affections.
Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value | Arthur Glyn Leonard
Yet the remembrance of Rome recurred to his mind, and recalled the strifes and enmities he had left there.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.This explains the uncompromising enmities of the Thirty Years' War.
Strifes and fierce enmities think not to be lulled, no more than deadly injury.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
British Dictionary definitions for enmity
/ (ˈɛnmɪtɪ) /
a feeling of hostility or ill will, as between enemies; antagonism
Origin of enmity
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