frenemy
[fren-uh-mee]
- Informal. a person or group that is friendly toward another because the relationship brings benefits, but harbors feelings of resentment or rivalry: Clearly, turning the competition into frenemies is good for your business.
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Sometimes frien·e·my.
Origin of frenemy
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Without its Korean frenemy, the company will have to switch to a new megasupplier.
"From far away, she's OK," as Clueless' Cher (Alicia Silverstone) famously explains of her frenemy, Amber.
I don't really count going to 1Oak as being a socialite," sniffs a woman who refers to Snowdon-Jones as her "frenemy.
Gwyneth had a frenemy once and was troubled at the joy she felt when this person suffered a terrible public humiliation.
The compulsively aggressive Australian is a great businessman, writes press baron and Rupert frenemy Conrad Black.