enmity

[ en-mi-tee ]

/ ˈɛn mɪ ti /

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noun, plural en·mi·ties.

a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.

Words nearby enmity

enlistee, enlistment, enliven, enmarble, enmesh, enmity, enna, ennage, ennea-, ennead, enneagon

Origin of enmity

1250–1300; Middle English enemite < Middle French; Old French enemiste < Vulgar Latin *inimīcitāt- (stem of *inimīcitās), equivalent to Latin inimīc(us) enemy + -itāt- -ity

SYNONYMS FOR enmity

malice, acrimony, rancor.

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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH enmity

amity enmity

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Examples from the Web for enmity

Believe what your post-hard-work-day brain will allow, but the enmity went from entrenched to fleeting in a blink of an eye.
Betrayal, Blowjobs, and Bitchery: the 'Real Housewives' Get Really Desperate|Tim Teeman|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Making peace with your enemies can be pragmatic and lasting; making peace by ignoring their enmity is foolish and sterile.
Open Zion Should Not Mean Open Season on Israel|Gil Troy|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
German-Russian enmity has been a powerful driving force for centuries.
Why Europe’s Response to the Cyprus Crisis Has Been Ineffectual|Daniel Gross|March 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Before the revolution, the Army and the Brotherhood had a long history of enmity.
Return to Military Rule Sits Uneasily with Egyptians|Mike Giglio|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST

And yet the level of enmity between the press and Sarah Palin somehow has managed a further descent.
How Palin's Winning the Media War|Matt Latimer|June 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It took me a long while to gather it; for we dared not openly ask, and the freetraders regarded me with enmity, if not with scorn.
The Master of Ballantrae|Robert Louis Stevenson
"There is neither friendliness nor enmity between the two peoples, as has been said," Lourenço stated.
The Pathless Trail|Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
Their friendship is likely to injure a public man more than their enmity.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4)|Thomas Babington Macaulay
A thousand dangers lurk on every side of her—from the enmity of woman, from the selfish cruelty of man.
Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3]|J. Ewing Ritchie
But he had incurred the enmity of Sam Morton, the regular pitcher, and there were several clashes between them.
Baseball Joe on the School Nine|Lester Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for enmity

enmity

/ (ˈɛnmɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

a feeling of hostility or ill will, as between enemies; antagonism

Word Origin for enmity

C13: from Old French enemistié, from enemi enemy

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enmity

noun, plural en·mi·ties.

Words related to enmity

Words nearby enmity

Origin of enmity

SYNONYMS FOR enmity

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH enmity

Examples from the Web for enmity

British Dictionary definitions for enmity

noun plural -ties

Word Origin for enmity