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[ en -mi-tee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɛn mɪ ti / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural en·mi·ties. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
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 Words nearby enmity enlistment, enliven, enmarble, en masse, enmesh, enmity , Enna, ennage, -enne, ennea-, ennead
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Example sentences 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.
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Making peace with your enemies can be pragmatic and lasting; making peace by ignoring their enmity is foolish and sterile.
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German-Russian enmity has been a powerful driving force for centuries.
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Before the revolution, the Army and the Brotherhood had a long history of enmity .
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And yet the level of enmity between the press and Sarah Palin somehow has managed a further descent.
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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
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British Dictionary definitions for enmity 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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Words related to enmity antagonism, acrimony, hostility, bitterness, rancor, malice, ill will, animus, alienation, antipathy, bad blood, dislike, loathing, malignancy, spite, spleen, malevolence, aversion, malignity, venom